Adults with mental health issues
Contents
Definitions and Scope
Target Population: [name of target group]
[identify target group and define who is included or excluded in this category: you want to get it just right: not too broad that it includes those you may not want to include, and not too narrow that it excludes those you want to help. You might be too exclusive: e.g. defining ‘vulnerable’ seniors as ‘low-income’, but you may want to include those without family support. Therefore, you may want to define vulnerable as ‘poor and/or with low family support’. You might be too inclusive: e.g. ‘latchkey kids’ may include those who have working parents, or those with serious behavioural problems.]
Mental illness is defined as “a disturbance of the mind that interferes with normal behaviour and affects daily activities.” (Singapore Association for Mental Health, 2015).
Client Segments
Size of the Problem
[Size of the universe (size of total potential need/demand for services)]
135,360 persons are estimated to have mental illness (National Council of Social Service, 2016). However, the actual number may be larger.
The Singapore Mental Health Study found that about one in 10 people in Singapore have a mental disorder (Institute of Mental Health, 2010).
[Size of expressed need (those receiving services and on waitlist)]
A study of 6618 persons with mental illness aged 18 and above found that alcohol abuse had the largest treatment gap at 96.2% followed by obsessive compulsive disorder at 89.8% (Chong et al. 2012)
Desired impact for target group
[If we have no conception of what counts as a ‘good death’, ‘social inclusion’, ‘engaged youth’ , then it would not be possible to determine whether our policies and services are performing well]
Needs of Adults with mental health issues
Need for fair employment practices
The rate of unemployment among people with mental illness was 11.1 per cent, compared with 6.7 per cent among those without mental illness (Choo, 2016).
Need for Psycho-Education to Improve Self-Esteem
A study of 280 multi-ethnic mentally-ill patients found that 82.9% of them had high stigma resistance which is described as the ability to resist or counteract stigma or remain unaffected by stigma. They found that increasing self-esteem and psychological health could counteract the effects of public stigmatisation. (Lau Y. W., Picco, L., Pang, S., Jeyagurunathan, A., Satghare., P, Chong, S.A., Subramaniam, M. (2017) Stigma resistance and its association with internalised stigma and psychosocial outcomes among psychiatric outpatients. Psychiatry Research. Vol 257, Pg 72-78.)
Need for Emotional and Social Support
A population-wide study found significant stigma towards people with mental illness which was reduced among groups of people who had a close tie, either a family member or friend who suffers from mental illness (Chong, S.A., Abdin, E., Vaingankar, J.A., Kwok, K.A., Subramaniam, M., (2012) Where do people with mental health disorders in Singapore go to for help? Annals of the Academy of Medicine, Singapore. Vol 41(4) pp 154-160).
[Also indicate the size of this specific need & projected demand were data is available]
Existing Resources
[e.g. existing services or programmes both private or public; relevant policies and legislation]
Gaps and Their Causes
[Some gaps could be due to 1) capacity of solution to meet size & projected demand, 2) quality of solution (effectiveness, efficiency, sustainability, scalability etc.), 3) accessibility (geographical, cost to client)]
Possible Solutions
[Based on the specific gaps and reasons for those gaps, what might be solutions that can help? Insert existing but untapped resources, or new ideas that have not been considered yet]
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Resource Directory
Samaritans of Singapore (SOS)
SAMH Youth Reach
Tiong Bahru
Institute of Mental Health
Silver Ribbon
http://www.silverribbonsingapore.com/
Clarity Singapore
http://www.clarity-singapore.org/web1/