Mental Health Literacy

Mental health literacy is the foundation for mental health prevention, stigma reduction, and increased help-seeking among youth. Promotion and prevention in mental health are not the sole responsibility of mental health professionals alone. Schools, parents and the community have a role to play.

We promote early identification and help-seeking behaviour alongside youth mental health education on common issues and symptoms. We conduct talks and workshops for schools and other organisations working with youth.

The Lighthouse Program is our signature mental health program for schools in partnership with Tan Tock Seng Hospital Psychiatry Dept and Harvard Medical School’s Dr Sara Lazar.

The three workshops are: 

1. Mental Well-being by Dr Jerome Goh, Clinical Director, Division for Central Health and Senior Consultant, Psychiatry Department, Tan Tock Seng Hospital 
2. The Brain Science by Dr Sara Lazar, Associate Researcher in Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital and Assistant Professor in Psychology, Harvard Medical School 
3. Mindfulness to Reduce Stress by Adj. A/Prof Angie Chew 

Mindful Academic Coaching

In addition to academic coaching, this program also aims to help students with studying, social, emotional and communication skills.

Some information about MAC:

• • • There are two runs from February to April/May and from July to September/October
    • At least eight sessions per run
    • Each session is about 1hr 15 mins long and conducted online
    • Sessions are held weekly on the day & time that both the student and coach are available
    • Each session starts with a short mindfulness practice (3 to 5 min)

Our volunteer coaches are recent graduates or students from the Institutes of Higher Learning (universities, polytechnics and junior colleges). We collaborate with partners to recruit them. Coaches are trained and supervised.