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. 2025 May 30:16:1601336.
doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2025.1601336. eCollection 2025.

Commentary: A critical need for the concept of matrescence in perinatal psychiatry

Carolyn M Friedhoff  1 , Nancy Byatt  1   2 , Sarah J Palmer  1   2
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Commentary: A critical need for the concept of matrescence in perinatal psychiatry

Carolyn M Friedhoff et al. Front Psychiatry. .
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Keywords: community engaged research; maternal mental health; matrescence; parenthood; perinatal mental health; perinatal mortality; perinatal psychiatry; qualitative research.

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Conflict of interest statement

Dr. Byatt has received salary and/or funding support from Massachusetts Department of Mental Health via the Massachusetts Child Psychiatry Access Program for Moms (MCPAP for Moms). She is also the Medical Director of Research and Evaluation for MCPAP for Moms and the Executive Director of the Lifeline for Families Center at UMass Chan Medical School. She has served as a consultant for The Kinetix Group, VentureWell, JBS International, Elsevier, and James Bell Associates/HealthySteps. The remaining authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest.

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