Mental Health Education Singapore

Singapore five educational institutions here were recognised on friday morning dec 11 for their efforts in promoting mental health awareness on campus.

Mental health education singapore. Mental wellness and peer support will be given more focus in schools soon as the ministry of education refreshes the character and citizenship education cce curriculum for 2021. Evidence based practice and advances in psychiatric nursing. The character and citizenship education cce curriculum in all primary and secondary schools in singapore will see an enhanced focus on mental health.

It is often viewed as an adult issue but in fact almost half of adolescents in the united states are affected by mental disorders and about 20 of these are categorized as severe mental health issues can pose a huge problem for students in terms of academic and social success in school. They received the inaugural silver. The second singapore mental health study smhs a nationwide cross sectional epidemiological survey was initiated in 2016 with the intent of tracking the state of mental health of the general population in singapore.

Jointly organised by the institute of mental health imh and the division of graduate medical studies dgms national university of singapore nus this one year part time programme aims to increase the capability of gps in mental healthcare by training them appropriately for the role to detect and treat minor mental health disorders in the. The smhs 2016 aimed to i establish the 12 month and lifetime prevalence and correlates. Equipping nurses with mental health knowledge.

Continually pushing the boundaries in mental health education and training. Pursuing excellence in mental health education training. Mental health refers to the emotional well being of a person.

The study employed the same methodology as the first survey initiated in 2010.