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DATE: September 23, 2026 at 04:30AM
SOURCE: STAT NEWS MENTAL HEALTHTITLE: Opinion: Mentally ill women deserve more support to have children
A friend once told me approvingly that someone she knew had talked his schizophrenic adult son into having a vasectomy. Though I read “talked into” as “coerced,” I didn’t say anything.
Oh my god, I thought instead, maybe I shouldn’t be a mother. I’d had a break with reality after stopping my antipsychotic 10 years before, frustrated with weight gain. I had returned to taking medication and my mental health had stabilized long before this conversation. But I was now pursuing pregnancy.
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STAT News reports "from the frontiers of health and medicine".
Learn more at https://www.statnews.com/topic/mental-health/ .
See also their complete Mastodon account at @STAT .
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#psychology #counseling #socialwork #psychotherapy @psychotherapist @psychotherapists @psychology @socialpsych @socialwork @psychiatry #mentalhealth #psychiatry #healthcare #depression #psychotherapist #MentalHealthSupport #MaternalHealth #ReproductiveRights #PsychiatricCare #MentalIllnessAwareness #SupportForMothers #MaternalWellbeing #SchizophreniaAwareness #ChildbearingRights #ReproductiveJustice
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DATE: September 23, 2026 at 04:30AM
SOURCE: STAT NEWS MENTAL HEALTHTITLE: Opinion: Mentally ill women deserve more support to have children
A friend once told me approvingly that someone she knew had talked his schizophrenic adult son into having a vasectomy. Though I read “talked into” as “coerced,” I didn’t say anything.
Oh my god, I thought instead, maybe I shouldn’t be a mother. I’d had a break with reality after stopping my antipsychotic 10 years before, frustrated with weight gain. I had returned to taking medication and my mental health had stabilized long before this conversation. But I was now pursuing pregnancy.
Read the rest…
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STAT News reports "from the frontiers of health and medicine".
Learn more at https://www.statnews.com/topic/mental-health/ .
See also their complete Mastodon account at @STAT .
This robot is NOT affiliated with STAT news and merely rebroadcasts from their site. Responses posted here are not monitored.
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Private, vetted email list for mental health professionals: https://www.clinicians-exchange.org
Unofficial Psychology Today Xitter to toot feed at Psych Today Unofficial Bot @PTUnofficialBot
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#psychology #counseling #socialwork #psychotherapy @psychotherapist @psychotherapists @psychology @socialpsych @socialwork @psychiatry #mentalhealth #psychiatry #healthcare #depression #psychotherapist #MentalHealthSupport #MaternalHealth #ReproductiveRights #PsychiatricCare #MentalIllnessAwareness #SupportForMothers #MaternalWellbeing #SchizophreniaAwareness #ChildbearingRights #ReproductiveJustice
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DATE: September 23, 2026 at 04:30AM
SOURCE: STAT NEWS MENTAL HEALTHTITLE: Opinion: Mentally ill women deserve more support to have children
A friend once told me approvingly that someone she knew had talked his schizophrenic adult son into having a vasectomy. Though I read “talked into” as “coerced,” I didn’t say anything.
Oh my god, I thought instead, maybe I shouldn’t be a mother. I’d had a break with reality after stopping my antipsychotic 10 years before, frustrated with weight gain. I had returned to taking medication and my mental health had stabilized long before this conversation. But I was now pursuing pregnancy.
Read the rest…
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STAT News reports "from the frontiers of health and medicine".
Learn more at https://www.statnews.com/topic/mental-health/ .
See also their complete Mastodon account at @STAT .
This robot is NOT affiliated with STAT news and merely rebroadcasts from their site. Responses posted here are not monitored.
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Private, vetted email list for mental health professionals: https://www.clinicians-exchange.org
Unofficial Psychology Today Xitter to toot feed at Psych Today Unofficial Bot @PTUnofficialBot
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#psychology #counseling #socialwork #psychotherapy @psychotherapist @psychotherapists @psychology @socialpsych @socialwork @psychiatry #mentalhealth #psychiatry #healthcare #depression #psychotherapist #MentalHealthSupport #MaternalHealth #ReproductiveRights #PsychiatricCare #MentalIllnessAwareness #SupportForMothers #MaternalWellbeing #SchizophreniaAwareness #ChildbearingRights #ReproductiveJustice
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Global News BC: Tragic discovery of deceased newborn in Victoria spurs calls for more support for mothers https://globalnews.ca/news/9660241/deceased-newborn-victoria-support-gap-mothers/ #globalnews #britishcolumbia #news #Victoriasupportmothers #newbornbabyfounddead #Newbornfounddeceased #Pregnantwomensupport #Victoriababydeceased #babydeathvictoria #SupportForMothers #Victoriababyfound #newbornbabyfound #Victoriababy #Newbornbaby #BabyDeath #Canada
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Global News BC: Tragic discovery of deceased newborn in Victoria spurs calls for more support for mothers https://globalnews.ca/news/9660241/deceased-newborn-victoria-support-gap-mothers/ #globalnews #britishcolumbia #news #Victoriasupportmothers #newbornbabyfounddead #Newbornfounddeceased #Pregnantwomensupport #Victoriababydeceased #babydeathvictoria #SupportForMothers #Victoriababyfound #newbornbabyfound #Victoriababy #Newbornbaby #BabyDeath #Canada
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Global News BC: Tragic discovery of deceased newborn in Victoria spurs calls for more support for mothers https://globalnews.ca/news/9660241/deceased-newborn-victoria-support-gap-mothers/ #globalnews #britishcolumbia #news #Victoriasupportmothers #newbornbabyfounddead #Newbornfounddeceased #Pregnantwomensupport #Victoriababydeceased #babydeathvictoria #SupportForMothers #Victoriababyfound #newbornbabyfound #Victoriababy #Newbornbaby #BabyDeath #Canada
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Global News BC: Tragic discovery of deceased newborn in Victoria spurs calls for more support for mothers https://globalnews.ca/news/9660241/deceased-newborn-victoria-support-gap-mothers/ #globalnews #britishcolumbia #news #Victoriasupportmothers #newbornbabyfounddead #Newbornfounddeceased #Pregnantwomensupport #Victoriababydeceased #babydeathvictoria #SupportForMothers #Victoriababyfound #newbornbabyfound #Victoriababy #Newbornbaby #BabyDeath #Canada