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20 Feb 2011, 10.15AM

1 comments & replies |by Guest | Mind and Body

It is unfortunate that many people stigmatise mental patients and shun them. Mental patients are also denied of jobs.

In reality, some mental patients are perfectly normal beings. Some of them could be suffering only from mild depression which is very common amongst working adults. Why should they be looked down upon and denied of job opportubities? It is a great consolation that our Minister for Health recognised this and articulated the need for awareness for people not to stigmatise mental patients.

I hope Singapore will become a truly integrated and inclusive society in which people with, say, HIV disease or serious or mild mental problems can be accepted and integrated into our society. It takes a huge dose of understanding and empathy for this to happen!

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29 Apr 2011, 9.11AM

I do agree with you. The Ministry of Health should do more to educate the public that mental disorder is something which is beyond the control of the patients (to avoid or cure) and the problem is not transmitable and therefore there is no need to discrisminate such patients.

There are a lot of people with this problems caused mainly by stress and depression but they tend to hide their conditions and become worse or reclusive.

In the West, where this condition is accepted as a form of illness or diability, the patients have better chance to recover and get on with life without any discrimination.

It is indeed time for the Ministry of Health to look into this issue and start programmes to help the public better understand the problems in order to reduce the pressure on the patients and help them to recover faster.