Emily Johnson
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Emily E. Johnson has a Bachelor’s in economics from Washington University in St. Louis and a Master of Healthcare Administration degree from the University of Minnesota. She worked in the healthcare industry for 5+ years before turning her focus to advocacy work. She has spoken about maternal mental health at over a dozen events nationwide and is a Blue Dot Ambassador through Postpartum Support International.
Emily currently lives in Minnesota with her husband and son. When she’s not advocating for maternal mental health or playing with her toddler, she enjoys trips to the dog park with her husky mix and coaching gymnastics. |
Women Are Dying, Deb: Inside America's Maternal Mental Health Crisis
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Memoir/Health
Maternal mental health disorders affect 1 in 5 pregnant women and are highly treatable—yet they remain the leading cause of maternal mortality in the United States. How is this possible? The answer to this became painfully clear to healthcare administrator Emily Johnson when she went through her own bout of postpartum anxiety, OCD, and depression. Two weeks after the birth of her son, Emily wound up in the psychiatric unit with suicidal ideation after a series of providers failed to provide or direct her to appropriate care as her mental health symptoms escalated. Upon recovering, Emily did as she was trained to do when she spotted patient safety issues rooted in systems failures: she spoke up. But instead of embracing the feedback, leaders who were once her mentors iced her out of conversations on the topic—even as another new mother from the same health system died by suicide. Women Are Dying, Deb pulls back the curtain on the hidden healthcare crisis quietly killing new mothers and demands accountability from the healthcare leaders who have the power to fix it. 
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