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		<title>So Glad You Asked Podcast:  Jessica Vernon, MD and Marlene Freeman, MD Mood and Anxiety Disorders During Pregnancy</title>
		<link>https://womensmentalhealth.org/posts/so-glad-you-asked-mood-and-anxiety-disorders-pregnancy/</link>
		
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2026 01:36:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Allie Hales]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[antidepressant use during pregnancy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[anxiety in pregnancy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[depression in pregnancy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[EPDS screening]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jessica Vernon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lived experience]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Marlene Freeman]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[maternal mental health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mood and anxiety disorders during pregnancy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[perinatal anxiety]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[perinatal depression]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[perinatal mental health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[perinatal mental health treatment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[perinatal mood and anxiety disorders]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[podcast]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[postpartum anxiety]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[postpartum depression screening]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ruta Nonacs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[So Glad You Asked]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[universal screening for perinatal depression]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[women]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[<a href="https://womensmentalhealth.org/posts/so-glad-you-asked-mood-and-anxiety-disorders-pregnancy/" title="So Glad You Asked Podcast:  Jessica Vernon, MD and Marlene Freeman, MD Mood and Anxiety Disorders During Pregnancy" rel="nofollow"><img width="300" height="169" src="https://womensmentalhealth.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/So-Glad-with-Vernon-and-Freeman-300x169.png" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="" style="float: left; margin-right: 5px;" link_thumbnail="1" decoding="async" srcset="https://womensmentalhealth.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/So-Glad-with-Vernon-and-Freeman-200x113.png 200w, https://womensmentalhealth.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/So-Glad-with-Vernon-and-Freeman-300x169.png 300w, https://womensmentalhealth.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/So-Glad-with-Vernon-and-Freeman-400x225.png 400w, https://womensmentalhealth.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/So-Glad-with-Vernon-and-Freeman-600x338.png 600w, https://womensmentalhealth.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/So-Glad-with-Vernon-and-Freeman-768x432.png 768w, https://womensmentalhealth.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/So-Glad-with-Vernon-and-Freeman-800x450.png 800w, https://womensmentalhealth.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/So-Glad-with-Vernon-and-Freeman-1024x576.png 1024w, https://womensmentalhealth.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/So-Glad-with-Vernon-and-Freeman-1200x675.png 1200w, https://womensmentalhealth.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/So-Glad-with-Vernon-and-Freeman-1536x864.png 1536w, https://womensmentalhealth.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/So-Glad-with-Vernon-and-Freeman.png 1672w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></a>Our podcast provides an evidence-based discussion of perinatal mood and anxiety disorders during pregnancy and how to improve care for mothers and families.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Does Cesarean Delivery Increase Risk for Postpartum Depression?</title>
		<link>https://womensmentalhealth.org/posts/cesarean-delivery-postpartum-depression-risk/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[MGH Center for Women's Mental Health]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2026 13:00:55 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Postpartum Depression]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Postpartum Psychiatric Disorders]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[antidepressants postpartum]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[c-section]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cesarean delivery]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[epidemiology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[maternal mental health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mode of delivery]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[obstetrics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[operative vaginal delivery]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[perinatal mental health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[postpartum anxiety]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[postpartum depression]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[psychiatric risk]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[PTSD postpartum]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[reproductive psychiatry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[risk factors]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[<a href="https://womensmentalhealth.org/posts/cesarean-delivery-postpartum-depression-risk/" title="Does Cesarean Delivery Increase Risk for Postpartum Depression?" rel="nofollow"><img width="300" height="169" src="https://womensmentalhealth.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/48277542_mother-look-to-her-newborn-baby-in-hospital-1-scaled-e1780064134360-300x169.jpg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="" style="float: left; margin-right: 5px;" link_thumbnail="1" decoding="async" srcset="https://womensmentalhealth.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/48277542_mother-look-to-her-newborn-baby-in-hospital-1-scaled-e1780064134360-200x113.jpg 200w, https://womensmentalhealth.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/48277542_mother-look-to-her-newborn-baby-in-hospital-1-scaled-e1780064134360-300x169.jpg 300w, https://womensmentalhealth.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/48277542_mother-look-to-her-newborn-baby-in-hospital-1-scaled-e1780064134360-400x225.jpg 400w, https://womensmentalhealth.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/48277542_mother-look-to-her-newborn-baby-in-hospital-1-scaled-e1780064134360-600x338.jpg 600w, https://womensmentalhealth.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/48277542_mother-look-to-her-newborn-baby-in-hospital-1-scaled-e1780064134360-768x432.jpg 768w, https://womensmentalhealth.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/48277542_mother-look-to-her-newborn-baby-in-hospital-1-scaled-e1780064134360-800x450.jpg 800w, https://womensmentalhealth.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/48277542_mother-look-to-her-newborn-baby-in-hospital-1-scaled-e1780064134360-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https://womensmentalhealth.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/48277542_mother-look-to-her-newborn-baby-in-hospital-1-scaled-e1780064134360-1200x675.jpg 1200w, https://womensmentalhealth.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/48277542_mother-look-to-her-newborn-baby-in-hospital-1-scaled-e1780064134360.jpg 1280w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></a>Cesarean delivery is linked to a small increase in postpartum psychiatric risk, but stronger predictors—like prior mental illness—remain more clinically important.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Prenatal Cannabis Exposure and Major Malformations: Inconsistent Data, Emerging Red Flags</title>
		<link>https://womensmentalhealth.org/posts/prenatal-cannabis-risk-of-major-malformations/</link>
		
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2026 13:00:41 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Cannabis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pregnancy Outcomes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Risk of Malformations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[abdominal wall defects]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[birth defects]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cannabis use disorder]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[developmental outcomes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ebstein anomaly]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fetal risk]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gastroschisis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[major congenital malformations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[obstetrics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[omphalocele]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Perinatal Psychiatry]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[pregnancy]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[teratogens]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[<a href="https://womensmentalhealth.org/posts/prenatal-cannabis-risk-of-major-malformations/" title="Prenatal Cannabis Exposure and Major Malformations: Inconsistent Data, Emerging Red Flags" rel="nofollow"><img width="300" height="169" src="https://womensmentalhealth.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/5843306_cannabis-background-scaled-e1780063638611-300x169.jpg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="" style="float: left; margin-right: 5px;" link_thumbnail="1" decoding="async" srcset="https://womensmentalhealth.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/5843306_cannabis-background-scaled-e1780063638611-200x113.jpg 200w, https://womensmentalhealth.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/5843306_cannabis-background-scaled-e1780063638611-300x169.jpg 300w, https://womensmentalhealth.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/5843306_cannabis-background-scaled-e1780063638611-400x225.jpg 400w, https://womensmentalhealth.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/5843306_cannabis-background-scaled-e1780063638611-600x338.jpg 600w, https://womensmentalhealth.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/5843306_cannabis-background-scaled-e1780063638611-768x432.jpg 768w, https://womensmentalhealth.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/5843306_cannabis-background-scaled-e1780063638611-800x450.jpg 800w, https://womensmentalhealth.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/5843306_cannabis-background-scaled-e1780063638611-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https://womensmentalhealth.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/5843306_cannabis-background-scaled-e1780063638611-1200x675.jpg 1200w, https://womensmentalhealth.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/5843306_cannabis-background-scaled-e1780063638611.jpg 1280w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></a>Evidence linking prenatal cannabis to major malformations is mixed, but signals for rare defects like gastroschisis and omphalocele support caution regarding the use of cannabis in pregnancy.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>CBT for Menopause: Improving Sleep and Hot Flashes Without Medication</title>
		<link>https://womensmentalhealth.org/posts/cbt-menopause-sleep-vasomotor-symptoms/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[MGH Center for Women's Mental Health]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2026 13:00:38 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Menopausal Symptoms]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Treatment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CBT Meno]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CBT-I]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cognitive behavioral therapy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[digital therapeutics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hot flashes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[insomnia]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[nonpharmacologic therapy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[perimenopause]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sleep disturbance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sleepio]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Somryst]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[<a href="https://womensmentalhealth.org/posts/cbt-menopause-sleep-vasomotor-symptoms/" title="CBT for Menopause: Improving Sleep and Hot Flashes Without Medication" rel="nofollow"><img width="300" height="169" src="https://womensmentalhealth.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/72440920_woman-in-bed-suffering-from-insomnia-scaled-e1780063168850-300x169.jpg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="" style="float: left; margin-right: 5px;" link_thumbnail="1" decoding="async" srcset="https://womensmentalhealth.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/72440920_woman-in-bed-suffering-from-insomnia-scaled-e1780063168850-200x113.jpg 200w, https://womensmentalhealth.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/72440920_woman-in-bed-suffering-from-insomnia-scaled-e1780063168850-300x169.jpg 300w, https://womensmentalhealth.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/72440920_woman-in-bed-suffering-from-insomnia-scaled-e1780063168850-400x225.jpg 400w, https://womensmentalhealth.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/72440920_woman-in-bed-suffering-from-insomnia-scaled-e1780063168850-600x338.jpg 600w, https://womensmentalhealth.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/72440920_woman-in-bed-suffering-from-insomnia-scaled-e1780063168850-768x432.jpg 768w, https://womensmentalhealth.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/72440920_woman-in-bed-suffering-from-insomnia-scaled-e1780063168850-800x450.jpg 800w, https://womensmentalhealth.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/72440920_woman-in-bed-suffering-from-insomnia-scaled-e1780063168850-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https://womensmentalhealth.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/72440920_woman-in-bed-suffering-from-insomnia-scaled-e1780063168850-1200x675.jpg 1200w, https://womensmentalhealth.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/72440920_woman-in-bed-suffering-from-insomnia-scaled-e1780063168850.jpg 1280w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></a>CBT tailored for menopause may improve insomnia, hot flashes, and mood. New research highlights benefits—and the need for strategies to sustain improvements over time.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Weekly Roundup for May 29, 2026: Recent Publications in Women&#8217;s Mental Health</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[MGH Center for Women's Mental Health]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 29 May 2026 11:09:36 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<a href="https://womensmentalhealth.org/posts/weekly-roundup-may-29-2026/" title="Weekly Roundup for May 29, 2026: Recent Publications in Women&#8217;s Mental Health" rel="nofollow"><img width="300" height="169" src="https://womensmentalhealth.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Weekly-round-up-graphics-1-300x169.png" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="Weekly Round Up" style="float: left; margin-right: 5px;" link_thumbnail="1" decoding="async" srcset="https://womensmentalhealth.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Weekly-round-up-graphics-1-200x113.png 200w, https://womensmentalhealth.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Weekly-round-up-graphics-1-300x169.png 300w, https://womensmentalhealth.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Weekly-round-up-graphics-1-400x225.png 400w, https://womensmentalhealth.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Weekly-round-up-graphics-1-600x338.png 600w, https://womensmentalhealth.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Weekly-round-up-graphics-1-768x432.png 768w, https://womensmentalhealth.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Weekly-round-up-graphics-1-800x450.png 800w, https://womensmentalhealth.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Weekly-round-up-graphics-1-1024x576.png 1024w, https://womensmentalhealth.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Weekly-round-up-graphics-1-1200x675.png 1200w, https://womensmentalhealth.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Weekly-round-up-graphics-1.png 1280w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></a>This week’s roundup discusses how the timing of parental depression affects offspring's risk of psychiatric illness and emerging data on opioids, MOUD, and child neurodevelopment—read more.]]></description>
		
		
		
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