Efforts like primary healthcare and community support for mental health are gaining momentum, amid Singapore's push to make mental well-being a national priority.
Efforts like primary healthcare and community support for mental health are gaining momentum, amid Singapore's push to make mental well-being a national priority.
The GP, who practises at Cashew Medical and Surgery in Bukit Panjang, said: “By decentralising it, by getting GPs as partners, it will go a long way to help destigmatise mental health and allow more patients to seek help in a timely manner.” For those presenting moderate symptoms, GPs will work with community intervention teams to provide assessment, psychosocial therapeutic intervention, counselling and medical treatment.
One of its creative therapeutic intervention programmes is art therapy, where participants express and process their thoughts and emotions through art.
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