04-06-2025
Health Check Podcast: Talk to someone - mental health help in your community
Dr Timothy Singham is in this episode of the Health Check Podcast. ST PHOTO: AMIRUL KARIM
Health Check Podcast Talk to someone: mental health help in your community
Synopsis: Every first Wednesday of the month, The Straits Times helps you make sense of health matters that affect you.
Seeking mental health help at a centre near you is gradually becoming easier in Singapore as the country focuses its efforts on making this happen. But, it will take time for things to improve.
In this episode, ST senior health correspondent Joyce Teo speaks to Dr Timothy Singham to find out more about what one can do to navigate the system. He is a senior Clinical Psychologist and Manager at Viriya Psychological Services at Viriya Community Services
Dr Singham also talked about a client who managed his agoraphobia with therapy given in a community setting instead of in the hospital. Agoraphobia is a disorder characterized by symptoms of anxiety in situations where the person perceives their environment to be unsafe with no easy way to escape.
Highlights (click/tap above):
0:07 He sought help for his agoraphobia at a community care agency
4:16 What is a clinical psychologist?
12:35 Can therapy harm us?
19:38 Where to go for help in the community care sector?
31:49 An anxiety tip we can all use
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Host: Joyce Teo (joyceteo@
Produced and edited by: Amirul Karim & Natasha Liew
Executive producers: Ernest Luis and Lynda Hong
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