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Mind Matters: How The First 1,000 Days Impact Mum’s Mental Health

Benjamin Looi, Clinical Psychologist & Manager of Community Development, Thrive Well | Melissa Ngiam, CEO, Yayasan Generasi Gemilang

21-May-24 16:00

Mind Matters: How The First 1,000 Days Impact Mum’s Mental Health

It is said that it “takes a village to raise a child”, but mothers living in urban, low-income communities, may lack such a “village” or support system, as well as access to services and resources for physical, mental and social support. Mothers are especially vulnerable in the first 1,000 days of a child’s life, which spans from pregnancy to the time a child turns two. How do socioeconomic and health inequities affect mothers’ mental health? Benjamin Looi, Clinical Psychologist & Manager of Community Development, Thrive Well, and Melissa Ngiam, CEO of Yayasan Generasi Gemilang, share about their programmes for mothers in PPR communities, and how they connect these programmes with maternal mental health.

Image credit: Thrive Well

Produced by: Tee Shiao Eek

Presented by: Tee Shiao Eek


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Categories:  Family/Parentinghealth policy

Tags:  the bigger picturehealth and livingmindmattersmental healthmaternalpostpartum depressionb40





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