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May is recognized as Maternal Mental Health Month in the United States, which raises awareness about the importance of mental health for mothers before, during, and after pregnancy.

For Flashback Friday, we are going to go back to April 2024 and highlight a few papers as well as podcasts from our second perinatal mental health theme issue.

Cultivating Vital Conditions For Perinatal Well-Being And A Sustained Commitment To Reproductive Justice

Alison Stuebe et al.

Perinatal Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Diagnoses Among Commercially Insured People Increased, 2008–20

Stephanie V. Hall et al.

Integrating Mental Health In Perinatal Care: Perspectives Of Interprofessional Clinicians

Jessica M. Harrison

Emily Dossett and Karen Tabb Dina on Perinatal Mental Health

Tova Walsh on Fathers' Inclusion Within The Scope of Perinatal Mental Health

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The Digital Health Industry is So Back w/ Christina Farr

Health Affairs' Jeff Byers welcomes Christina Farr, advisor, investor, editor-in-chief of Second Opinion Media, to the pod to discuss recent moves by Omada Health and Hinge Health to take the companies public, how the IPOs could impact the digital health market, and what gains her attention when companies make their investment pitches.

House Republicans Pass Budget Reconciliation Legislation: What's New In The Coverage Provisions?

Katie Keith

On US And Foreign Drug Prices, ‘Most Favored Nation’ Policy Is An Unreasonable Answer To A Reasonable Question

James C. Robinson

Policymakers Need Data On The Budgetary Impact Of Medicare Advantage Growth

Gretchen Jacobson et al.

Risk Adjustment Trends & Reform with J. Michael McWilliams

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