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Native America Calling: A troubling trend for maternal mental health
Friday, June 7, 2024
A troubling trend for maternal mental health
Mental health conditions tops the list of causes for pregnancy-related deaths over a three-year period in a recent study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Calling the problem an “urgent public health crisis”, the Biden Administration is forming a task force to report to Congress about ways to turn the statistics around.
Join Native America Calling to get reports from those who know about mental health treatments for pregnant Native Americans.
Guests on Native America Calling
Dr. Jennifer Crawford, clinical psychologist and assistant professor in Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the University of New Mexico School of Medicine with a secondary appointment in obstetrics and gynecology
Dr. Tina Pattara-Lau, maternal child health consultant at Indian Health Service headquarters
Dr. Jennifer Richards (Diné, Oglala Lakota and Taos Pueblo), assistant professor at Johns Hopkins Center of Indigenous Health
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