Esme Fuller-Thomson

Sometimes kids blame themselves, but also if there's depression, if there's anxiety, that is a stress physically and mentally.

So cognitive behavioral therapy is very good for all kinds of mental health problems.

It really helps you grab your negative thoughts, your negative self-talk.

and makes it more functional.

So I highly recommend if people are struggling to do that.

Now, of course, we don't know if that'll improve your stroke risk when you hit 65, but at a minimum, we know that depression is a risk factor for later life stroke.

By the way, we also know that diabetes is a risk factor.

And just to put it in perspective, the magnitude of the association, that 60% higher risk that we found associated with parental divorce, it was comparable to diabetes as a risk factor and also as depression, which are well-known, well-established risk factors.

So if the children are suffering, I would certainly, you know, if their mental health is not well, I would definitely do that.

But I would also say, you know, dads need to be paying because poverty is a big issue.

And there's a lot of people who are not paying child support.

And the poverty and the social dislocation of the children are very substantial.

Thank you for having me.

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