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Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles Times
Lifestyle
Karen Garcia

Talking about mental health can be hard within Latino families. Here's how to start

LOS ANGELES -- Norma Fabian Newton had heard of other new mothers experiencing the "baby blues," short-term sadness and anxiety. But when she had her first child in her early 30s, she described her experience as a "constant barrage of thoughts."

"I was constantly thinking, 'I'm not equipped to be a parent, I hate myself, or I hate this decision,'" she said.

"In so many ways I had everything, and yet I felt so empty and so low."

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