Reach Chronicles: A Community Mental Health Model For Children And Adolescents In Singapore: A Community Mental Health Model for Children and Adolescents in Singapore

An easy read with a “how-to” intent, this book provides the insights and process of a practical and viable community mental health team. The authors of the book have produced a book which is as close an account to the reality of making the REACH team a value add to the mental wellness of students. This is the first book in Singapore that details the synergy of the various levels of decision making to enable a child and adolescent community mental health team to take shape, allowing hospital staff to reach students and service providers in primary care.

Contents:

• Introduction (Brian Poh & Cai Yiming)
• The Vision (Tay So Leng, Chan Mei Chern and Daniel Fung)
• Mental Health OutREACH: Processes and Services (Cheryl Lee)
• Supporting Schools: Strengthening the First Line of Defence for Students with Mental Halth Difficulties (Wong Hui Yi and July Lies)
• Partnership with VWOs (Estella Lim and Liew Shiang Hui)
• Partnership with General Practitioners (GPs) (Sim Wan Hua)
• Resources (July Lies)
• Taking Stock and REACHing Beyond (Delphine Koh, Jillian Boon, Daniel Fung, John Wong, Chan Mei Chern, Cheak Ching Cheng and Han Bing Ling)

Readership: Providers of services for children and their families; practitioners who are interested in program development for communities external parties who want to learn about community outreach services; REACH's partners (school counsellors, GPs, voluntary welfare organisations, etc.); mental health care professionals and school counsellors in other countries, policy makers, administrators (including those financing and supporting the operations), educators, community agency counsellors, graduate and post-graduate students who conduct research on community mental health services.