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Sypnopsis
Stress and anxiety are the two critical odds to be present in everyone's life. In Singapore, the level of anxiety disorders and other issues related to stress appears to be ever-increasing Singapore students stress statistics have posed a severe threat to the parameters of wellbeing and stable mental health. The country could soon be tagged for having the most stressful education system in the world.
With stringent academic norms and updated syllabus, students are reportedly finding it difficult to cope with too many things at the same time. An international Singapore students stress survey suggests that the stress level is critical in Singapore students.
Most of them suffer a high anxiety level due to issues such as homework stress, bullying, performance pressure and other factors. At times, the quest gets harder for them to carry out, and the students eventually surrender to acute levels of stress and anxiety disorders. For the students in Singapore, attending schools and colleges is considered to be one extremely crucial part of their lifestyle. They take academics so seriously that they end up getting panic attacks.
About Speaker
Dr Geoffrey Tan works as a Clinician-Scientist in Psychiatry. His clinical work is based at the Institute of Mental Health , the tertiary centre for psychiatric care in Singapore, as an Associate Consultant, where he runs clinics in General Psychiatry and Psychotherapy. He is a supervisor in Psychodynamic therapy.
He completed his MBBS-PhD at the University College London in 2012 working on characterising inter-individual differences through brain imaging and genetics. His research is conducted across IMH, the Clinical Imaging Research Centre at the National University of Singapore, and the Singapore Institute of Clinical Sciences at the Agency of Science, Technology and Research and focuses on relationships, depression and neural mechanisms for therapeutic interventions.
He coordinates mindfulness activities at the Institute of Mental Health involving a diverse range of mindfulness modalities including Mindfulness-based Cognitive therapy, Mindful Self-Compassion, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Dialectical Behavioural Therapy and informal mindfulness activities for patients as well as staff.
He has been an OI with Joyful Garden since 2015 and is part of the caretaking committee for the Mindful Helpers group, which comprises mental health professionals, caregivers and anyone who sees themselves as a mindful helper.
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