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Keira Jenkins

New parents urged to 'make the call' on mental health

Calls from Indigenous families to a helpline for pregnancy mental health support have increased. (HANDOUT/THRIVE PR)

The number of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander families seeking mental health support during pregnancy and within the first year of a child's birth has tripled, a perinatal helpline says. 

Perinatal Anxiety and Depression Australia (PANDA) says there has been a 200 per cent increase in calls from Indigenous families to their helpline over the past 18 months. 

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