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Laura Seitz, Deseret News
SALT LAKE CITY After both of her pregnancies, Evi Figgat faced postpartum depression, anxiety and psychosis.
But an increased availability of resources in Utah, as well as more awareness about maternal mental health after her second delivery, made all the difference, she said.
Figgat’s first experience with perinatal mood and anxiety disorders happened when she was 24 years old.
“I didn’t know my resources at all, and my recovery took much, much longer than it really needed to. I couldn’t see that I needed help largely because I lacked the education that I so badly needed,” she recalled.