Research and Innovation in Community Adolescent Mental Health

Youth and Adolescent Mental Health Symposium

Date: 22 Sep 2023, Friday | Time: 1405 - 1535 | Track Type: Symposium | Venue: Whitespace, Level 2, Academia

Mental health conditions account for the highest disease burden amongst adolescents in Singapore which is exacerbated by the COVID pandemic and the incidence of mental health conditions in youths and adolescents is still on the increasing trend. These youths may present in various stages of mental health distress such as suicidal ideations, anxiety, depressive or somatic symptoms.

There is an urgent need to address the gap of identifying this group of vulnerable adolescents and providing timely mental health interventions that are easily scalable in the community.

TOPIC 1:

Tackling Adolescents with Mental Health Distress: A Stepped Care Model and the Development of Youth Connect Programme

Speaker: Dr Samuel Lim Zhi Rui

TOPIC 2:

Lets RECAP (Resilience in Children and Adolescents with Psychosomatic Symptoms) – An Innovative Program to Help Adolescents with Psychosomatic Symptoms

Speaker: Dr Wu Song Lian Ryan

TOPIC 3:

Process Based Psychological Brief Interventions Targeted at Adolescents and Youths with Mental Health Distress

Speaker: Dr Natasha Nur Singh Riard

TOPIC 4:

Innovative Programmes in Community Youth Mental Health

Speaker: Mr Eric Sng

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