,,iii  #aai? ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
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 ,,unit$ ,,/ates  ,april #cj1 #bjbf,mr4 
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,mrs4 ,hyde-,smi?1 ,ms4 ,duckwor?1 ,mr4 
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submitt$ ! foll[+ resolution2 :i* 0     
ref]r$ to ! ,committee on ,heal?1       
,education1 ,labor1 & ,p5sions          
,,resolution  ,recogniz+ ,mat]nal ,m5tal
 ,heal? ,day to raise aw>5ess ab\t      
mat]nal m5tal heal?4  ,:]eas ! fir/     
,w$nesday ( ,may1 ,may #f ( #bjbf1 m>ks 
,mat]nal ,m5tal ,heal? ,day2 ,:]eas     
mat]nal m5tal heal? is f\ndational to   
/rong & ?riv+ families & *ildr51 & !    
family is ! fundam5tal build+ block (   
society2 ,:]eas mat]nal m5tal heal?     
disord]s are ! mo/ common complication (
 pregnancy & *ildbe>+1 yet f> too (t51  
^! disord]s g unrecogniz$1 undiagnos$1 &
 untreat$1 leav+ wom5 & families to     
suff] alone2 ,:]eas approximately #he   
p]c5t ( new mo!rs exp]i5ce baby blues1 &
 #a 9 #e new mo!rs are impact$ by       

mat]nal m5tal heal? conditions1 affect+ 
#hjj1jjj families 9 ! ,unit$ ,/ates ea* 
ye>2 ,:]eas untreat$ mat]nal m5tal heal?
 disord]s h be5 l9k$ to adv]se bir?     
outcomes1 includ+ premature & l[ bir?   
weight babies1 impair$ mat]nal-infant   
bond+ & p>5t+ activities1 impair$       
cognitive developm5t 9 *ildr51 &        
increas$ risk ( emotional & m5tal heal? 
disord]s l depression1 anxiety1 &       
att5tion deficit disord] 9 *ildr52      
,:]eas mat]nal m5tal heal? conditions1  
includ+ psy*iatric & sub/ance use       
disord]s1 are a lead+ cause (           
pregnancy-relat$ dea?s1 ) #bc p]c5t (   
dea?s ti$ to suicide or ov]dose2 ,:]eas 
multiple factors increase a "m's risk ( 
mat]nal m5tal heal? conditions1 includ+ 
a p]sonal or family hi/ory ( depression1
 complications dur+ pregnancy1 & p>tn]  
or f9ancial /ress2 ,:]eas1 :ile "s      
rese>* has be5 conduct$ to beg9 und]/&+ 
! risk factors t place "s wom5 at high] 
risk = ^! disord]s ?an o!rs1 additional 
rese>* & innovation 9 new te*nologies is

 ne$$ to p9po9t m5tal heal? disord]s m  
quickly2 ,:]eas rural & l[-income mo!rs 
:o face economic in/ability are at      
great] risk ( a mat]nal m5tal heal?     
condition2 & ,:]eas1 on ,mat]nal ,m5tal 
,heal? ,day1 communities raise aw>5ess (
 ! mat]nal m5tal heal? conditions t1    
despite rec5t ef=ts1 cont9ue to take a  
heavy toll on p>5ts & *ildr5 & highlight
 /eps to support ! well-be+ ( ,am]ica's 
mo!rs & families3 ,n[1 !re=e1 be x ,t ! 
,s5ate supports ! goals & ideals (      
,mat]nal ,m5tal ,heal? ,aw>5ess ,day1   
includ+-- 7#a7 rais+ aw>5ess among      
pregnant & po/p>tum wom5 & _! families1 
! provid]s :o c>e = !m1 & ! public ( !  
risk factors1 signs1 symptoms1 &        
treatm5t options = mat]nal m5tal heal?  
conditions2  7#b7 honor+ mo!rs = !      
invaluable role !y play 9 society &     
ackn[l$g+ ! difficulties mat]nal m5tal  
heal? conditions create = mo!rs & _!    
families2  7#c7 recogniz+ t mat]nal     
m5tal heal? disord]s & mat]nal suicide  
are s]i\s public heal? problems2 &  7#d7

 enc\rag+ rese>* on safe & effective    
treatm5ts = pregnant & po/p>tum wom51   
dissem9ation ( updat$ data on           
evid5ce-bas$ treatm5ts to ! m$ical      
community & ! public1 & provid] tra9+ on
 ! treatm5t ( mat]nal m5tal heal?       
disord]s4