BIOGRAPHY
Clin Assoc Prof Helen CHEN
Senior Consultant Psychiatrist
Department of Psychological Medicine
KK Women’s & Children’s Hospital
Dr Helen Chen is Senior Consultant Psychiatrist, Department of Psychological Medicine, KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital and Adjunct Associate Professor, Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School. She is also the Programme Director of the Postnatal Depression Intervention Programme that focuses on early intervention through active screening for postpartum mental illness amongst recently delivered women. She completed her training in the area of perinatal psychiatry and women’s mental health in UK at the Queen’s Medical Centre, University of Nottingham, and has many years of clinical and experience working with women suffering from mental health difficulties related to childbearing. Her academic and research expertise has been related to emotional and psychological health issues in women, particularly in the context of motherhood.