Maternal Mental Health Seminar

Asia Maselko, ScD, Associate Professor Epidemiology at the Gillings School, will present a seminar titled, “Maternal Mental Health, the Social Context, and Child Development: The Promise and Limitations of Maternal Depression Treatment.”

Maternal depression is an established risk factor for worse child developmental outcomes, yet it is not clear whether treating depression is enough to improve developmental trajectories. The Bachpan (‘childhood’ in Urdu) cohort was established to rigorously examine the impact of maternal depression, and its treatment, on children living in a
rural, low-resource setting in Pakistan. Dr. Maselko will present key initial findings about the impact of the intervention on child outcomes, potential biological mechanisms, and the role of the social and family context in child development in the first two years of life.

For more information on time and locations, visit the FPG Lecture Series website.