Factors Of Mental health

parent's expectation

-In Singapore, parents set high expectations
for their child
- Parents would compare their child to another
child to provide them with motivation to do well
- Parents are also afraid that their child will lose
to others academically
-leads to parents finding ways to keep their child
ahead of their peers
- This causes the child to develop a fear of failure,
taking a toll on their mental health

Family problems

-In 2022, there was over 7000+ divorces in Singapore
- The process of divorce can cause youths to be stressed
- The youths often experience sudden physical, emotional, mental and social changes in their life
- This can cause their mental health to be affected

Academic stress

-In singapore, students are stressed about academic achievements
- Possible reason is due to the meritocracy system, where each child is rewarded based on their academic achievements
- lead to a competitive culture in schools as all are striving to be the best amongst their peers

-In Singapore System, in order to get a good paying job
Youths have the mindset that they must get into University
and graduate, rather than just a Diploma
- In order to get into university, Youths will be forced to study
(whether they like it or not), just to get the good Grade to be
eligible to study in a University to get a degree, getting them a good job in the future

Social media

-Social media allows youth to curate their life,
showing only the highlights of their life, and not
their daily struggles and ordinary things in life
- This creates an expectation that they are to look perfect
to match their peers
- Causes youth to feel inferior to their peers
-lead to youth feeling their own lives are inadequate
to others

-Social media allows hurt messages to be spread
very quickly with the benefit of anonymity
-This promotes cyberbullying as the bully's identity
is concealed
-Victims of cyberbullying are likely to suffer from
depression, anxiety and other illness

Lack of mental health resource

-mental health treatment is a long process as results take time
- one session can cost about $50 at government hospital, or up to $200 at private clinics
- Multiple consults are required to fully recover from mental health illness
-With multiple consults, the person will have to pay more leading to them not seeking help

Lack of Jobs in the Job market

- Due to globalisation, the world is more connected
to each other
- this creates a market, where foreign labors are able
to come to Singapore to look for a job due to the
attractive benefits
- This creates a higher demand in the job market
- Causes fear that Youths will be unable to find a
high paying job in the future

Stigma of addressing mental health

- In Asia, there is honour, pride and collectivism
between families
- illness such as mental illness will be seen as
a shameful thing for the family
- lead to them not wanting to seek help in fear
of embarrassment for their family
- Lead to their condition deteriorating
- A study shows that 44.5% of people surveyed
linked mental illness with mean words

Covid-19 Pandamic

- Due to the pandemic, Singaporeans are encouraged
to practice social distancing and large group gathering
are forbidden.
- This means that they are unable to meet with their
friends and family often, as compared to last time.
- youths may be unable to visit their relative living overseas
- This can lead to the feeling of Sadness and lonliness.
- On top of that, the pandemic can cause youths to have a
sense of fear due to the uncertainty.
- A study by IMH, found that anxiety and Depression in
youths has rose by 20% since the pandemic