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Singapore is charting a new course towards mental well-being, increasing resources and training to address the rising challenges. Dr Clive Tan of NUS Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health weighs in.

The most important aspect of the new strategy is ramping up the Singapore government’s capacity for offering mental health and wellbeing support to the community.

One goal is to raise public-sector psychiatrists and psychologists by about 30% and 40%, respectively. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Young people and working adults must be encouraged to seek help for mental health issues as a study has revealed a huge gap between those who need treatment and those who actually get treated, said MP Rachel Ong in Parliament on Tuesday (Feb 6). She urged the lowering of age of consent for mental health services to 18,

By 2030, all 1,350 projected Healthier SG GP clinics and all polyclinics will offer mental health services. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Increasing scam detection, surveillance, strengthening institutional frameworks, legal reforms and targeted awareness were key discussion items in the first

Guidelines on mental health data sharing are also on the pipeline.

SINGAPORE, Oct 10 — More than half of Singaporeans said they have experienced stress that affected how they lived their daily lives in the past year, while one in four young...

The Community Chest has allocated $10.4 million to support 10 mental health programmes in its current financial year. Read more at straitstimes.com.

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