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    Parental Leave Brings Mental Health Benefits, Especially for Mothers

    • New research, Patients and Families, Women

    Along with all the excitement and anticipation, becoming a new parent comes with a great deal of change and potential stress, such as the challenges of childrearing, financial pressure and career uncertainties. This elevated stress can contribute to mental health problems, including peripartum depression. New research published in the Lancet finds that access to employer-provided parental leave may help protect mothers’ mental health in the months after childbirth.

    How Dental Health and Mental Health Are Connected

    • Healthy living for mental well-being, Older adults, Patients and Families

    While it may not be widely understood, there is a clear connection between a person’s dental health and their mental health. Numerous studies have identified associations between mental health and oral health(1), however, the interaction often does not get much attention, even among health care professionals.

    For Most, Things Do Indeed Look Brighter in the Morning

    • Healthy living for mental well-being, Patients and Families

    A new study examined how people’s mental health and well-being varies by time of day, day of the week, and season. They found people generally have the best mood in the morning and the lowest point at midnight. Seasonally, people tend to feel lowest in winter and best in summer.

    Achieve Mental Health Equity Update: Winter 2025

    • Diversity News and Updates

    In this issue, we feature APA’s mental health equity champion, Jonathan Shepherd, M.D. Dr. Shepherd explains that to be a champion you must “be bold about what you stand for. You must be bold, and you must be courageous. That alone will make you a mental health equity champion.”

    APAF Fellow Poster Presentations at the 2025 Annual Meeting

    The APA Foundation provides psychiatry residents the experiential learning, training, and professional development they need to be leaders in the field. Numerous fellows will present new research at the 2025 Annual Meeting. Come to the Poster Presentations in the Exhibit Hall in Los Angeles and learn from the amazing work and research Fellows are engaged in.

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