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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