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🧠 Managing stress and anxiety while navigating new motherhood is difficult and can put a significant strain on women's mental health. This #WorldMentalHealthDay, we're highlighting our pilot program in 🇪🇹 #Ethiopia, Mothers' Time, which addresses these challenges using a simplified version of Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT). The CCP-led Breakthrough ACTION project intervention offers tools to help postpartum women cope with anxiety and depression, which could help them overcome barriers to adopting family planning. "Depression and anxiety affect so many of the behaviors and skills that are important in the process of considering family planning use and acting on one’s fertility intentions. So, might feelings of depression and anxiety be getting in the way of those decisions?" says Breakthrough ACTION’s Sarah Burgess. Read the full story and explore the tool: https://bit.ly/3U4bGUu 🔊 Available in English and Amharic. Camber Collective #WMHDay | #BreakthroughACTION | #postpartum | #mentalhealth | #CBT