Practice guide for Tiered Care Model for mental health
The Inter-agency Taskforce on Mental Health and Well-being has developed a practice guide for mental health service providers across different sectors.
The practice guide can be downloaded at the following link: https://bit.ly/4n2rYZU.
Workgroup to Support the Registration and Practice of Doctors with Psychiatric Conditions
In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, growing awareness of mental health in the workplace has spurred efforts to improve mental health support for healthcare workers. The SMA Doctors-in-Training (DIT) Committee, together with specialists from the College of Psychiatrists, Academy of Medicine, Singapore (AMS) and the College of Public Health and Occupational Physicians, AMS, formed the Workgroup to Support the Registration and Practice of Doctors with Psychiatric Conditions in January 2025.
The workgroup was formed to assess the needs of doctors with psychiatric conditions and to develop guidelines outlining considerations for conducting fitness to practise assessments and recommendations targeted at departments and institutions to better support mental health in the workplace. The SMA DIT Committee is supporting the workgroup as its secretariat and has been involved in needs assessments (such as conducting qualitative interviews with doctors with psychiatric conditions), conducting literature reviews and crafting the proposed guidelines. The guidelines are planned to be published by early 2026.
Doctors who are facing mental health concerns may seek help from various channels listed in the table for reference.
