Master of Clinical Mental Health and Psychotherapy (MCMHP) programme<\/a> will support up to 24 full-time students over the next three years.<\/p>\nThe master’s programme, launched in 2024, provides advanced clinical training for allied health professionals like social workers, counsellors and youth workers who may lack formal training in areas like screening, assessment and evidence-based therapy. <\/p>\n
The scholarship will fully cover tuition fees and provide students with a monthly stipend of $3,000 during the 18-month programme. Recipients will not have a service bond, but are encouraged to make a two-year moral commitment to work in the mental health or related sectors.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The pledges were announced at a May 8 event organised by the foundation to spotlight the mental health initiatives it supports. <\/p>\n
At the event, held at Temasek Shophouse, Minister-in-charge of Social Services Integration Desmond Lee said mental health challenges have become increasingly complex, with the world in significant flux on multiple fronts like economic uncertainty, armed conflict and social isolation. <\/p>\n
This can be overwhelming for everyone, including young people. <\/p>\n
\u201cFor children and youth, who are still building their resilience and social-emotional skills, life\u2019s challenges and adversities can affect their mental well-being and impact their education, social relationships and careers,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n
Prevention, early detection and timely intervention are crucial, he added, and the Government is working to strengthen mental health support at a national level as well as in the community. <\/p>\n
He said: \u201cWhen we strengthen mental health support, we strengthen the fabric of society. And that is what the \u2018we first\u2019 approach seeks to achieve, where we all try to come together, work together, starting with conversations and begin to collaborate, and contribute towards collective well-being.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen we help others thrive, we grow stronger too ourselves.\u201d<\/p>\n
The $6 million pledge was announced at the event, which highlighted the mental health initiatives supported by the foundation. <\/p>\n
Speaking at the event, Mrs Saverin, the foundation\u2019s co-founder and chairwoman, said: \u201cEduardo and I have always believed in something simple: When you invest in people and the systems that they hold or support, you unlock more than what any of us could achieve alone. Change doesn\u2019t happen in isolation \u2013 it happens when people decide to show up together.\u201d<\/p>\n
She said that while the Government has made meaningful progress in reducing stigma and strengthening support systems, there is more to be done. <\/p>\n
Highlighting the importance of community mental health, she said: \u201cCommunity mental health is what happens before the hospital. It\u2019s the teacher who notices, the friend who asks twice, the youth worker who sits across someone on a difficult Tuesday afternoon. It eases pressure on hospitals and allows healing to begin early…<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen we build capacity for social service organisations on the ground, we create spaces where young people can feel safe to raise their hand early, where a bad day doesn\u2019t have to become a breaking point, and where healing happens not behind closed doors alone but in the middle of a caring community.\u201d <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SINGAPORE \u2013 A $6 million pledge by one of Singapore\u2019s largest private donors will provide scholarships to mental…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":657840,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[64,63,137,514,515],"class_list":["post-657839","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mental-health","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-health","tag-mental-health","tag-mentalhealth"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/657839","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=657839"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/657839\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/657840"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=657839"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=657839"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=657839"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}