Building community resilience next step for mental health progress: Experts
Singapore’s mental health efforts are gaining ground, but experts say the next leap is building emotional resilience within communities. That strength is built close to home - through peer support, mental-health first-aid training and targeted outreach to vulnerable groups - bridging the gap between national policy and everyday care, and sharpening emotional readiness in a crisis. Nikhil Khattar reports.
Singapore’s mental health efforts are gaining ground, but experts say the next leap is building emotional resilience within communities. That strength is built close to home - through peer support, mental-health first-aid training and targeted outreach to vulnerable groups - bridging the gap between national policy and everyday care, and sharpening emotional readiness in a crisis. Nikhil Khattar reports.