Here’s a mental health statistic for you.
According to the latest nationwide Singapore Mental Health Study published in 2018, about 1 in 7 people in Singapore has experienced a mood, anxiety or alcohol use disorder in their lifetime.
FYI: The study involved face-to-face interviews with a sample size of 6,126 participants from 15,900 randomly-selected residents.
Among the conditions assessed in this study, Major Depressive Disorder (MDD), alcohol abuse, and Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) emerged as the top three mental disorders in Singapore. MDD was the most common, with one in 16 people in Singapore having had the condition at some point in their lifetime, while alcohol abuse and OCD affected one in 24 and one in 28 people, respectively.
Even though mental health ailments are so prevalent nowadays and the costs of treating mental health ailments can take up a significant amount of a person’s budget, mental health, be it at home or at work even, is rarely talked about....