Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 25 October 2017

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution

Risks to Mental Health of Pregnant Women: Professor Veronica O'Keane

1:30 pm

Photo of Anne RabbitteAnne Rabbitte (Galway East, Fianna Fail)
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Professor O'Keane outlined the negative impact that maternal mental health issues can have on a child's development in the womb and after birth. Are these issues of maternal mental health being properly addressed in Ireland at present and if not, how can we do better?