University of Michigan: Mothers in Silence - 1 in 5 Experience Perinatal Mental Illness, Yet Most Go Untreated
May 20, 2026
May 20, 2026
ANN ARBOR, Michigan, May 20 -- The University of Michigan issued the following Q&A on May 19, 2026, involving Kara Zivin, professor of psychiatry and obstetrics and gynecology:
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Mothers in silence: 1 in 5 experience perinatal mental illness, yet most go untreated
May's Maternal Mental Health Awareness Month campaigns are actively targeting perinatal complications and fighting to close the gap in care
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Twenty percent . . .
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Mothers in silence: 1 in 5 experience perinatal mental illness, yet most go untreated
May's Maternal Mental Health Awareness Month campaigns are actively targeting perinatal complications and fighting to close the gap in care
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Twenty percent . . .