Chapter 7: Mental health during different times of life

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In this chapter:

 

In this chapter:

• Chapter 7: Mental health during different times of life
• Pregnancy and parenting newborns
• Babies and young children
• Adolescence
• Building connections as an adult
• Aging and living as an older person
• Death and dying

Some challenges to mental health arise during specific times in our lives, just as certain opportunities to promote wellness and mental health may be best taken advantage of at different ages. This chapter highlights promoting mental health during pregnancy, for babies and in early childhood, in adolescence, as adults, during aging, and when confronting death.

Babies come into our communities needing so much care. Creating healthy situations and settings for them—in families, neighborhoods, and environments—is central to their well-being and the well-being of our communities. So that is where this chapter begins.

This mural from a farmworker community in Salinas, California, shows large hands embracing and shielding a family in the fields that provide work and food but also exposure to dangerous pesticides. Hijos del Sol Arts Productions with the support of CHAMACOS painted this beautiful reminder that the entire community can protect people during pregnancy and their babies from environmental harms.

This page was updated:18 Apr 2025