by Abriel | Aug 29, 2020 | 2020, Good Health & Well-being, What Inspires You?
Three years ago, Ms Alyssa Reinoso, 29, went from newlywed to widow in four months. Long before they began dating in 2014, her husband Tyler Hung had been struggling with bipolar disorder. He alternated between depressive episodes and extreme highs, when he was...
by Abriel | Aug 9, 2020 | 2020, Good Health & Well-being, What Inspires You?
Writing once saved Nicole’s life. Now, she is using it to help others. In 2011, struggling with major depression and generalised anxiety disorder, it was penning a suicide note that brought her back from the brink. Her brush with death led her to seek out a new...
by Abriel | Jul 19, 2020 | 2020, Good Health & Well-being
A new $1 million fund, aimed at addressing mental health issues among young people here, will set aside a total of $100,000 for peer-run initiatives. The Musim Mas BlueStar* Fund was launched on 18 July from the $1 million donation by palm oil company Musim Mas...
by Abriel | Jul 10, 2020 | 2020, Good Health & Well-being
Meet Belle, the Beyond The Label helpbot that connects the public to mental health resources and helplines. It saw almost four times the users during the circuit breaker period, said a spokesman for the National Council of Social Service (NCSS), which is behind the...
by Abriel | Jul 10, 2020 | 2020, Good Health & Well-being, What Inspires You?
The National Council of Social Service (NCSS) is commissioning a virtual game where players can take on the role-play young people with mental illnesses, so as to better understand these conditions and seek help if they themselves are struggling with mental issues....
by Abriel | Jul 3, 2020 | 2020, Good Health & Well-being
17,100 volunteers have stepped forward to join Singapore’s COVID-19 fight. Of those who have signed up as of 11 June, more than 4,000 did so in the month before that, said the Ministry of Health (MOH), which manages the programme through its volunteering arm SG...
