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Poor mental health as child limits capacity to work in later life, study finds • May 18, 2025, 2:19 PM ET (The Guardian)
Better mental health support needed for women after giving birth says midwifery professor • May 8, 2025, 5:05 AM ET (Irish Times)
More men reaching out for perinatal mental health support when having children • May 6, 2025, 10:44 AM ET (ABC News (Australia))
Talk therapy is up, and use of psych meds without therapy is down, a study finds • May 5, 2025, 3:01 AM ET (NPR)
City review underway into Lapu-Lapu Day tragedy; mayor asks province for mental health resources • May 1, 2025, 5:27 AM ET (CBC)

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