SINGAPORE: Public healthcare providers treated an average of about 60,000 subsidised outpatients for mental disorders each year over the last three years, Health Minister Gan Kim Yong said on Monday .
For the whole public healthcare system, the average age of subsidised patients for the different mental health conditions seen was between 40 to 50 years old, Mr Gan said.However, he referred to the 2016 Singapore Mental Health Study, a self-reported survey, in which respondents cited 11 years as the median time between when they first experienced symptoms and when they sought help for obsessive compulsive disorder.
On this, Mr Gan said that there are around 248 psychiatrists and 473 psychologists practising in Singapore. This translates into 4.4 psychiatrists and 8.36 psychologists per 100,000 population. Mr Gan said that anyone requiring urgent mental health assistance or who wishes to see a psychiatrist, may contact the IMH's 24-hour mental health helpline or visit its 24-hour emergency services.
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