Caregivers of people with mental illness can look forward to more help and support with the opening of a new centre at the Institute of Mental Health (IMH). Staff and volunteers from the Caregivers Support Centre, located at the entrance of IMH, will be on hand to reach out to and befriend distressed caregivers who may be there with their loved ones, to offer counselling or just a listening ear.
The centre was established in December last year with funding from National Council of Social Service (NCSS). Much more can be done here to support those with mental illness and the people around them, said the council. According to the Singapore Mental Health Study released three years ago, more than one in 10 people in Singapore will be stricken by mental illness in their lifetime. In the study, depression emerged as the most pervasive mental illness here, projected to affect 170,000 adults at some stage of their life.
The support centre at IMH is run by the Caregivers Alliance, the only organisation here whose sole aim is to help caregivers of mentally ill persons.
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