One in five women will experience a mental health condition during pregnancy or the first year postpartum. Blending personal narrative with research and policy insights, this event explores maternal mental health challenges and the urgent steps needed to improve care for mothers and their families.

Join us as Kara Zivin speaks in conversation with Molly Spencer about Persevered: A Maternal Mental Health Memoir. Audience Q&A to follow discussion.

This event is open to the public but registration is appreciated.

For questions about this event, please contact zivin.research@umich.edu.

Note: This event will include discussion of serious mental health topics including suicide. We understand this material pose challenges for some people, but discussing it is crucial to our understanding of maternal mental health. Our speakers will handle these topics with care and sensitivity.