rm13

I'm a nursing student expected to graduate in May 2014 with my BSN. I've been looking into master's programs. My passion is midwifery, but I'm also very passionate about mental health, especially perinatal mental health. I found a school in Washington where you can get a psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner and specialize in perinatal mental health. I want to be a midwife, but I also want to have enough knowledge to take care of my patients with mental health issues surrounding pregnancy. I feel like mental health is largely ignored in the medical world where we focus on physical illness, and it doesn't really do much good. Does anyone have any thoughts on this? Or is there anyone with the same passion for these two things that I have? I found one nurse online who majored in both of these things, but it doesn't seem to be very popular. I just think PPD and postpartum psychosis and really bad, and I've heard many stories where people are not treated. Some made it out ok but others committed suicide or killed their child. I just think there needs to be help for these women, for these problems and also for any other mental health issues that may arise in this huge time of change in their lives. Thoughts???