Academic research has estimated the prevalence of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) among children and adolescents to range between five per cent and eight per cent, and among adults to range between two per cent and seven per cent. Children aged six years and below are eligible to receive consultation an
Family Service Centres (FSCs) handled about 20,500 cases in Financial Year (FY) 2021 and 18,900 cases the following financial year. There were about 1,000 social workers managing the cases in FSCs in FY21 and FY22. Senior Parliamentary Secretary for Social and Family Development Eric Chua gave this update in reply to a
A total of 112,000 participants have joined the “I Quit” programme since May 2014. The programme does not keep track of which participants are smokers or vapers. Senior Minister of State for Health Janil Puthucheary said this in reply to an MP’s questions in Parliament on Friday (Feb 16). He said the team that ru
Transit passengers are allowed to stay in the transit area of Changi Airport for up to 72 hours to wait for their connecting flights. Passengers departing from Singapore will be allowed entry into the transit area if their flights are departing within the next 24 hours. Security agencies conduct regular patrols and loo
Grassroots leaders (GRLs) must be able to discern information from misinformation and critically evaluate information, said Culture, Community and Youth Minister Edwin Tong. Replying to an MP’s questions in Parliament on Friday (Feb 16), he highlighted ways in which the People’s Association (PA) supports GRLs in t