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Carolyn Kagan: Connecticut paid leave 'not a luxury' and a form of prevention for maternal mental health
Summary
In a Paid Leave Podcast interview, Carolyn Kagan, founder and executive director of the Alliance Center, said Connecticut paid leave gives parents time to bond and recover and called income replacement 'a gift' that supports mental-health prevention and workforce retention.
Carolyn Kagan, founder and executive director of the Alliance Center, said Connecticut paid leave gives parents ‘‘the gift of time’’ that can prevent or reduce perinatal mental-health problems. Kagan, a licensed clinical social worker and perinatal psychotherapist, spoke on the Paid Leave Podcast hosted by Nancy Barrow on March 8.
Kagan told listeners the Alliance Center offers individual therapy, group support, medication management and career coaching designed to help parents prepare for and return from leave. ‘‘Paid leave, as I always say now, it’s not a luxury. I think of it as a form of…
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