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Youth Action

How volunteering helped this youth see diverse needs in the mental health space

From being a peer supporter to conducting legal research, Cameron Tan has found many ways to advocate for the cause of mental health.

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Youth Action

Conversing with your parents about mental health

Conversations around teen mental health struggles are necessary and beneficial. Help your parents spot early signs of distress exhibited by teens.

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Youth Action

Crossroads – An interactive fiction on workplace mental well-being

CROSSROADS aims to raise awareness about how our individual choices matter in shaping mental health in the workplace.

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Youth Action

World Mental Health Day 2022

Over the past two years, several MPs have been enlisting the help of the community to make mental wellness a collaborative, "kampung" effort.

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Government Initiative

Beyond The Label Destigmatising Concept Train

MRT commuters on the North-South Line will learn more about mental health with the launch of a Beyond The Label (BTL) concept train on Tuesday.

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Government Initiative

Well-Being Circles in the Community

Well-Being Circles hope to attract more Singaporeans act as “first responders” for mental health wellness in community settings.

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Youth Action

To Achieve Happiness

Can health & wealth bring true happiness? Journey with presenter Munah Bagharib as she uncovers evidence-based ways to find happiness through wealth, work, rest & health.

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Government Initiative

A tiered system of mental health services for different individuals

A proposed care model with a tiered system of services can help to improve accessibility, coordination, and quality of mental health services.

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Youth Action

Singapore Employees Have the Poorest Mental Health Across SEA, study by Intellect and Milieu Insight

A region-wide study, aptly named ‘Hustle Culture’ found that 52 percent of Singapore employees report having poor quality of life, compared to 37 and 36 percent in Philippines and Indonesia.

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Youth Action

This Is Where I Survived My Suicide Attempt

We speak to suicide survivors who opened up about their suicide attempts, in a bid to destigmatize suicide.

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Youth Action

SOS launches 24-hour WhatsApp service to help people in distress

Last year, 378 people took their own lives – nearly a third were in that age group, one of the reasons the Samaritans of Singapore (SOS) set up a 24-hour WhatsApp service to help those in distress.

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Youth Action

World Mental Health Day 2022 - Stand Together for Mental Health

October is mental health awareness month, where we join hands to raise awareness and take action for mental health. Find out more Find out more about the events you can participate in!

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Youth Action

Revolutionising Mental Wellness Among Youths

Kura Kura, an innovative companion app has created several bite- sized features that integrates positive habits and behaviour into everyday life.

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Youth Action

Revolutionising Mental Wellness Among Youths

Kura Kura, an innovative companion app has created several bite- sized features that integrates positive habits and behaviour into everyday life.

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Youth Action

Heart to Love

A campaign that rallies greater support for dementia caregivers by educating the community and linking caregivers to resources to help with mental and emotional needs.

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Youth Action

Failing Interviews and Uncertain about the Future?

Many interviews later, you can’t seem to get your dream job. You want to hide your feelings away, but don’t let these emotions hinder your progress. Find out how you should be coping with these feelings.

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Government Initiative

National Network for Mental Health to Pilot Well-Being Circles in the Community

A national network for social service agencies and organisations expanding on mental well-being programmes to the community was launched.

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Youth Action

Caring for caregivers

Caregivers are some of the strongest people we know but they also face stress and challenges once in a while.

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Youth Action

How do you know when you’re burnt out at work?

Surveys show occupational burnout is affecting an increasing number of workers. How is it different from regular stress or insomnia? What are the unmistakable signs and what can you do when things get too overwhelming?

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Youth Action

Well-Being Circles – Supporting One Another

Well-Being Circles aims to bring the community together to learn Well-Being Skills through sharing, reflection, and social support to help participants realise a better version of themselves.

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Youth Action

Inter-University Network – UCare Forum

The Inter-University Network comprises of youths from the autonomous universities that came together and initiated their first project – UCare, focusing on the mental health and well-being of undergraduates.

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Youth Action

Group Activities – Is it for everyone?

The relaxation of COVID-19 restrictions may be celebrated by some, but let’s not forget another group, who may prefer spending time alone.

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Youth Action

The importance of a healthy mind-set

How having a healthy growth mindset can be useful when it comes to upskilling.

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Youth Action

Creating a safe online dating space

LYNC - our alum from YAC season 3 is making big changes in the online dating scene.

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Youth Action

Why it's essential to unwind after work to prevent burnout.

Every so often we have a tough day at work and many of us take the stresses of our jobs home without even realising.

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Youth Action

Is feeling seen enough? Mental health talk on social media is missing nuance

If there's one upside to the pandemic, it's this: we've felt obliged, culturally, to make further efforts to destigmatize mental illness.

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Youth Action

Youth's take on destigmatizing mental illnesses and how we can do our part to help

Thanks to Covid, mental health and wellness has become a big part of everyday conversations.

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Youth Action

The big difference between Thriving and Surviving - what can we do?

Youths share their mental health journey and experts weigh in on how to overcome mental health struggles.

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Youth Action

The Healing of A Broken Millennial

Beyond The Label is releasing songs on mental well-being, written & composed by youths to share stories and keep the #StopTheStigma conversation going.

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Youth Action / Government Initiative

With Budget 2022, Can We Take Mental Health More Seriously?

How the Interagency Taskforce on Mental Health and Well-being gave hope to many youths and activists on creating a healthy future.

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Youth Action / Government Initiative

The Mental Toll It Takes In Being A Young Social Worker.

For some of us, a ping from your colleague at 9 p.m. could be put off until tomorrow, but for social work practitioners, those late-night messages often require immediate attention.

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Youth Action

A Post-COVID-19 Opportunity to address Workplace Mental Health Stigma

Now that employees are heading back to the office, albeit in hybrid working models, it's essential that work in this area is prioritised.

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Youth Action

Stubby the Squid, A Chatbot On Telegram That Users Can Interact With For Help

Youth-led initiative sets up chatbot and story-sharing channels to help youths struggling with mental wellness challenges receive the help they need.

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Youth Action

CRACKERJACK – Fun & Interactive Board Games To Help Youth’s Mental Well-Being

CRACKERJACK offers fun and interactive products and experiences to help young people develop the skills they need to thrive in a complex world.

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Youth Action

There is no shame in seeking mental help

Despite the statistics, many youths are still hesitant to seek help for their mental health – but why?

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Youth Action

How Covid robbed two years of my youth, can I get it back?

How can students, especially those in tertiary studies, deal with missing out on the critical social aspects of their education?

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Youth Action

Fighting depression with dance and community service

20 year old shares how dance and community work helped him regain his purpose while battling with depression.

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Youth Action

Mental health and youth: Is something broken in Singapore society?

Unpacking stigma, self-harm, social media and the weight of crushing expectations.

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Youth Action

Generation Covid - the youths who are growing up under the shadows of Covid-19

Youths talk about, loss, gains & hope during the pandemic.

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Youth Action

Social Media Tell-Alls Won’t Fix Toxic Workplaces

With more youths entering the workforce, they bring along their values in life, one of which is prioritising mental and physical well-being.

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Government Initiatives

Peer support & tech to play key role in youth mental health

Mental health support for youths in and outside schools will be bolstered in the coming year, with peer support and digital resources set to play a key role.

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Government Initiatives

YCM Stanley launches Fragile Voices EP about his 10-year struggles with mental wellbeing

Community driven music genre focusing on different stages of mental health recovery: Strength, Relapse, and Acceptance.

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Government Initiatives

CCAs & Other school activities – how much does it impact a student’s holistic development?

School activities to gradually resume to support well-being of students

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Government Initiatives / Youth Action

Is the Internet toxic?

Youths & experts dive into the negative impacts of the internet

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Government Initiatives / Youth Action

Tackling cyberbullying in 2021

Christabel Chua and Mathilda Huang on fighting against online trolls and bullies

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Government Initiatives

Destigmatizing ADHD in adults

Experts weigh in on issue surrounding ADHD

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Government Initiatives

Why are more youths in SG struggling with mental health issues?

Experts and Gen Z share tips on overcoming isolation and other issues

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Youth Action

Ex-Hwa Chong students organise mental health conference to better support youth

Raising awareness & addressing mental health issues

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Government Initiatives

Volunteers are the pillars in raising mental health awareness

Everyone has a role to play

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Others

Recognizing the need to rest

How companies are improving their policies to boost staff’s well-being

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Others

'Isolation freed me'

How COVID-19 drove this entrepreneur to advocate for mental health

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Government Initiatives

#AskTSL: Mental Health with Psychiatrist, Dr Aaron Meng

Answering questions on mental health issues

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Youth Action

Normalise talking about mental health issues

National mental well-being campaign aims to equip Singaporeans with skills to support family, friends

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Others

Deliveroo holds two-day mental wellness workshop for riders

The importance of staying mentally resilient during the pandemic

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Youth Action

YCM Project therealme(?) aims to redefine imposter syndrome in schools

Raising awareness and helping youths find ways to cope with unhealthy expectations and imposter syndrome

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Youth Action

YAC S2 Team How Are You? We Care! Normalises checking in with one another

More Than "I'm Good" campaign to encourage youths to share their feelings

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Government Initiative
Youth Action

Join Youth Mental Well-being Network projects today!

Youth Mental Well-being Network empowers youth to create projects, focusing on mental well-being awareness and destigmatizing help-seeking

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Youth Action

What Am I, If I Am Not | Mental health exhibition

ThisConnectToday launched 3rd exhibition to promote mental health awareness

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Government Initiative

Spicy Questions Roulette: Workplace Edition

Parl Sec Eric Chua and Assistant Director, TOUCH Andrea Chong answers some spicy workplace questions!

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Government Initiative

Bosses & Employees Play Never Have I Ever

NYC x TSL – Mental health struggles in the workplace and community

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Government Initiative

Bare It All Jenga Challenge! IGTV

NYC x TSL – MOS Alvin and NYC Member Christopher Gordon share tips on how to build emotional resilience

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Government Initiative

Spotting gaslighting and how to stop it

Recognise the signs to protect yourself

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Youth Action

Gen Y Speaks: I suffered depression twice in 4 years. This is how I cope

Youth shares how he copes with depression and the importance of knowing when to seek help

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Government Initiative

TSL: I Tried And Reviewed Mental Health Apps For Free Therapy

NYC x TSL – Tips on building emotional resilience

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Government Initiative

Tackling mental health through videos: Tiktok Youth for Good initiative

Collaboration with MCCY, MOE and NYC and local non-profit organisations

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Government Initiative

The Smart Local: Millennials Write A Letter To Someone They've Lost

How to deal with loss and grief

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Government Initiative

Covid-19 Mental Wellness Taskforce has three solutions to address mental health

Includes developing national mental health strategy, resources and competency training framework

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Youth Action

Imposter syndrome & how to overcome it

Embracing both our failures & successes

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Youth Action

Mental Health Collective: Cookie Conversations

Short Digital Series on Mental Well-being

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Youth Action

YAC S2 Team Friendzone

Connecting communities to normalise friendliness and prevent loneliness through conversations

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Youth Action

Weeding out the problems in my life - literally.

RESET: A new series by Our Grandfather Story

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Government Initiatives

River Valley High Tragedy: Dealing with Trauma

CNA Talking Point | Coping with Mental Health & Moving on

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Government Initiatives

It's Ok Not To Be Ok Forum with Education Minister

Dialogue session with 8 secondary & JC students on mental well-being & RVHS incident

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Government Initiatives

Minister of State, Alvin Tan talks about coping with imposter syndrome

#ourimposterstories

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Government Initiatives

MP Jamus Lim shares, "feeling inadequate is normal"

#ourimposterstories

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Government Initiatives

The Smart Local: [IG Live] An Honest Chat about Mental Health

Importance of Peer support & Mental Health | NYC & TSL Collaboration

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Government Initiatives
Youth Action

The Smart Local: Tell me about it: Have you ever been bullied?

NYC x YAC x TSL: Stories of bullying experiences are shared & how to support victims of cyberbullying

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Government Initiatives
Youth Action

Adulting 101: I took 2 years to pluck up the courage to see a mental health therapist.

Encouraging one to seek professional mental health help

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Government Initiatives
Youth Action

S'pore youth aim to take the stress out of mental distress

Youth Mental Well-being Network empowers youth to create projects to spread awareness on mental health and destigmatize help-seeking

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Government Initiatives

TSL Plays: We're Not Really Strangers

NYC x TSL - Mental health awareness & connecting to one another

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Government Initiatives
Youth Action

The other side of languishing is flourishing. Here's how to get there

Tips on how to handle the sense of stagnation & emptiness one may feel from COVID-19 pandemic

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Government Initiatives
Youth Action

Covid-19 getting you down?

7 popular mental wellness apps to check out

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Government Initiatives

TSL Plays: we're not really strangers

Heart-to-heart talk on mental wellbeing and importance of peer support

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Government Initiatives

Singapore Mental Health Film Festival 2021

Using films as a catalyst to promote conversations about mental health

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Resources

6 helpful ways to cope with anxiety

Tips on how to calm symptoms of anxiety and more

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Government Initiatives

How do we solve mental health stigma?

Review mental health memes and discuss with Parl Sec Eric Chua

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Resources

Pods for support: YCM How are you, really

Learn how to support friends with depression on this podcast series

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Resources

Mental Well-being Toolkit

Find relevant resources to aid your mental well-being and support your peers

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Resources

Youth Mental Well-being Network

Connect with other like-minded youth in this network

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Youth Action

White book book club season 2

Understand mental health and wellness over a book club discussion

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Resources

CHAT programme by IMH

Mental health check programme for youth

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Resources

Mental health workplace programmes

Learn self-care knowledge and skills to be supportive in the workplace

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Youth Action

Well-being Series: Altruism by the Happiness Initiative

Explore what altruism is and this lifestyle increases our own well-being

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Youth Action

Youth-led panel discussions on the importance of mental health

Youth wellness launch by Tzu Chi Humanistic Youth Centre

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Youth Action

Webinar: the state of mental health at work

Hosted by ThisConnect.today and Silver Ribbon

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Government Initiatives

Raising mental health literacy in 2021

Singaporean Creators share about coping with mental health in their playlist

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Government Initiatives

Mindline sg

Online resources and a wellbeing self-assessment tool for stress management

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Youth Action

ThisConnect: Threading Worlds

Multimedia arts exhibition by youth that aims to raise awareness and normalise mental health issues

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Youth Action

"Singaporeans Try Therapy" by The Smart Local

Video to raise awareness on Mental Health issues

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Resources

Music by 3AM Collective

A collection of songs to start conversations about mental health

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Youth Action

Singapore Mental Health Festival

Using film as a catalyst to advocate and start conversations

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Youth Action

What youth are saying about Mental Health

Join the conversation and have your say

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Youth Action

YAC Season 2 team - Project I-con

They aim to improve mental wellbeing of elderly via community

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Youth Action

YAC Season 2 team - Calm Collective Asia

Youth team builds mental health content platform to normalize conversations

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Government Initiatives

Tripartite advisory on mental wellbeing at workplaces

Practical guidance on how employers can better support employees' mental well-being

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Government Initiatives

Beyond the Label Festival 2020

Candid dialogue on youth' perspectives on mental health issues and more

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Youth Action

Local Bands cover Mental Health

3AM Collective, Chasing Daylight, and more artistes kickstart mental health conversation

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Government Initiatives

Would You Date Someone With Depression? by NOC

A video to raise awareness on Mental Health issues in Singapore

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Youth Action

Cloud 9 - YAC Season 1 project

Youth team aims to strengthen peer-to-peer conversations in school

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Government Initiatives

Are Singaporeans GOING CRAZY?!"

A talkshow by Night Owl Cinematics with mental health professionals

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Government Initiatives

Mental Health Support Service for at-risk youths

An initiative offering mental health support and awareness, to be launched later this year

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Government Initiatives

Increased mental health education in schools

To provide stronger support for students

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Youth Action

Happiness Conference 2020 by Happiness Initiative

To help develop insights on choices that promote happiness and well-being

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Resources

Community Health Assessment Team (CHAT) by IMH

Mental health check programme that helps youth with mental health concerns

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Resources

How Are You: A Dialogue about Depression

Youth aim to empower others to functionally support those with depression

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Resources

Mental Health Workplace Programmes by HPB

Creating a safer workplace for employees through training programmes for management