Birth & Depression: The Unspoken Conversation
About the Program
Depression, anxiety, and other mental health issues are the most common complications during and after pregnancy, yet 75 percent of postpartum problems go untreated. The consequences can be devastating. Suicide and overdoses are leading causes of maternal death in the United States. The Food and Drug Administration recently approved the first-ever pill specifically aimed at postpartum depression, but most health plans don’t cover the medication.
This special program looks at the under-recognized public health issue of postpartum depression and the challenge of treatment. We’ll hear first-hand from people who have experienced it.
Join Call to Mind host Kimberly Adams for Birth & Depression: The Unspoken Conversation, a one-hour broadcast special.
CALL TO MIND is American Public Media’s initiative to foster new conversations about mental health. Each broadcast special explores an emerging area of understanding in mental health and share new knowledge to empower people to engage in their well-being. All Call to Mind programs are produced with a focus on identity representation.
Length
One hour
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Promo spot available: April 18, 2024
Program rundown available: May 3, 2024
Date content will be available: May 3, 2024
Broadcast Window
May 3, 2024 - August 31, 2024
If you'd like to air this special outside of the indicated broadcast window, please contact Marge Ostroushko.
Broadcast Rights
Affiliate stations may carry this program multiple times before September 1, 2024. The program must be carried in its entirety. No excerpting is permitted. Simulcast streaming rights are available for this program. Prior to carrying this program, stations must contact Marge Ostroushko.
Kimberly Adams
Kimberly Adams is the host of Call to Mind’s national broadcast programs, and a host and senior correspondent for APM's Marketplace. She covers mental health, politics, business and the economy from Washington, DC, where she also serves as Chair for the Board of Governors at the National Press Club. Before moving to DC, Kimberly was a Cairo-based journalist reporting on the political, social, and economic upheaval in Egypt following the Arab Spring. Her award-winning work aired on multiple networks in the United States, Canada, the UK, Germany, Hong Kong, and elsewhere.
Kimberly identifies as a Black woman (she/her).
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