“Building a Village” round table discussion

Today the PAM Foundation convened an expert group of panellists from government, civic society and the private sector to discuss the skillsets and support levels which are needed to address maternal mental health.

One aim of the round table was to start a discussion about moving Thailand in the direction of providing dedicated funding and care pathways for maternal mental health. At present, Thailand lacks basic screening for maternal mental health issues, which means the problem usually goes undiagnosed (even in countries with more developed medical infrastructure, the rate of detection of maternal mental health is estimated to be as low as 15%).

The full discussion can be found at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a8cbSzLmiEs&list=PLM4IwgQOIZl7y_FshLgtMelgWjKQN5Evx

Panellists:

DR. OLARIK MUSIKWONG Head of Mother and Child Group, Office of Health Promotion, Thai Ministry of Public Health

Dr. Kanjapassorn Suriyasangpet, CEO, Psychology Platform, OOCA

Tida Yingcharoen, Oxford Thai Foundation

Birdie Meyers, Postpartum Support International

Hamish Magoffin, PAM Foundation

Jonas Koblin, Mali Family Health