CHAT's personalised and confidential mental health assessment helps young persons in distress to:
- Understand what they are experiencing
- Find out how to make it better.
Young persons between 16 and 30 years old, and currently living in Singapore.
Your safety and confidentiality are very important to us. We will not share your information with other organisations or individuals without your knowledge and consent. However, there are certain circumstances where we are obliged to break confidentiality and report the matter to the appropriate authorities to ensure your safety or the safety of others. These situations include:
- Serious threat to safety: Specific and immediate threat to cause serious physical injury or death to yourself or other(s),
- Abuse: Any instances of incest, rape, physical or emotional abuse or neglect towards others (e.g. a child, elder, or disabled person)
- Violence: threatening behavior – physical or verbal – that causes or intends to cause harm to others
- Criminal Offences: Any intent or act that is not in accordance to the law
All our Youth Support Workers are professionally trained. As part of our continuous efforts to improve your experience during a mental health assessment session, our Youth Support Workers attend regular training and supervision to help them stay effective in attending to your needs and concerns.
Our Youth Support Workers may be asking you for permission to record the session for training and supervision purposes.
You will meet a qualified mental health professional. Meet them
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You can talk to us at our space located at *SCAPE, #04-07, where we have rooms for you to share your concerns with us in private. Or you can arrange to speak with us over Zoom or MS Teams.
Tuesday-Saturday, usually in the afternoons. Each session takes about an hour.
If you can't make it at these times, let us know your schedule and we'll try to work something out.
Fill in the online form to make an appointment for yourself or someone you know.
For queries, you can reach out to us via +65 6493 6500 / 6501 or [email protected]
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Before attending the Mental Health Assessment,
1) Take some time to think about these questions:
- What led you to make an appointment?
- What issues are bothering you the most?
- Do you have specific questions to ask?
If it helps, you can jot down notes and refer to them during the Mental Health Assessment. Remember, it's alright if your concerns are not crystal clear - a rough idea is sufficient!
2) Our Mental Health Assessment usually last an hour. Ensure you schedule about 1.5hours for it, in case of any delays. You might also want to have a short break after.
3) Do eat something beforehand, as sessions can be long.
Lastly, come with an open mind! Together with your youth support worker, you can make better sense of your situation, and explore your next steps.
