Veteran Wellness

When Service Doesn't End at Discharge: Veteran Maternal Mental Health and the Birth Workers Who Can Help

May is Maternal Mental Health Awareness Month. This post is for birth workers, doulas, and perinatal providers who serve — or want to serve — military and veteran families. The Numbers Birth Workers Need to Know Most perinatal mental health statistics are sobering. The numbers for veteran and military-connected families are in a different category entirely. As many as 46.7% of female veterans report perinatal depression, compared to roughly 1 in 7 civilian women. Military-con

Lorie Michaels, CD(DONA), PMH-C, CLC, EBB Inst.

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