Review Article
Consensus statement on Singapore perinatal mental health guidelines on depression and anxiety
Perinatal mental health conditions have been recognised as a key area of focus by the World Health Organization, with the new guide published in...
Editorial
Perinatal mental health in Singapore: Implementation opportunities and relevance of gender-carer roles in screening
In this issue of the Annals, the consensus statement on perinatal mental health by Chen et al. covers the handling of depression and anxiety...
Editorial
Impact of pre-existing depression on severe COVID-19 outcomes
The outbreak of the COVID-19 virus in 2019 had rapidly developed into a global pandemic, causing more than 6.8 million deaths and impacting the...
Letter to the Editor
Investigating the stressors and coping mechanisms of students in medical school: A qualitative study
Dear Editor,
Medical school can be a stressful experience for students, with burnout being increasingly common.1 Stressors in medical education include a heavy academic workload,...
Original Article
Risk and protective factors of mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic: A cross-sectional study in Singapore
The COVID-19 pandemic has significantly impacted people’s well-being globally.1 Individuals faced several stressors during the pandemic, including fear of contracting the disease, experiencing severe...
Original Article
Impact of COVID-19 on mental health and social service provision in Singapore: Learnings from a descriptive mixed-methods study for future resource planning
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) was declared a global health emergency by the World Health Organization in January 2020.1 Singapore reported its first case of...
Editorial
Impact of COVID-19 on mental health and healthcare service delivery
The COVID-19 pandemic has claimed more than 6.8 million lives globally.2 While there is yet a cure for the disease, vaccines are now available...
Editorial
Self-esteem and positive body image to overcome female sexual dysfunction
Human sexuality is arguably one of the main pillars of health, like nutrition and sleep. Improvements in diagnostic and therapeutic biotechnologies have enabled focus...
Review Article
Exploring loss and grief during the COVID-19 pandemic: A scoping review of qualitative studies
As of mid October 2022, the World Health Organization recorded that more than 620 million people worldwide have been infected by SARS-CoV-2, the virus...
Editorial
The impact of COVID-19 pandemic on loss and grief
As of 17 October 2022, the COVID-19 pandemic has claimed more than 6.5 million lives globally, with 1,639 deaths reported in Singapore.1 With numerous...
Letter to the Editor
Prevalence of perceived weight-based stigmatisation in a multiethnic Asian population
Dear Editor,
People with obesity contend with obesity-related stigmas, in addition to health complications.1 In contrast to the West, literature documenting the prevalence of such...
Letter to the Editor
Employers’ attitudes towards employing people with mental health conditions
Dear Editor,
The advantages of employment for young people with mental health conditions (PMHC) are well known and documented,1 but many remain unemployed. Besides offering...
Letter to the Editor
Screening for somatisation in an Asian children’s hospital emergency setting
Dear Editor,
In recent years, self-harm is the leading cause of morbidity and mortality among adolescents in Singapore.1,2 This is just the tip of the...
Original Article
Prevalence of burnout among healthcare professionals in Singapore
Burnout was first described in 1974 by Herbert Freudenberger, where he discussed the concept based on physical signs, behavioural indicators, judgment, emotional factors, and...
Editorial
Bridging electroconvulsive therapy in schizophrenia with cognition and quality of life
Schizophrenia is one of the most debilitating severe mental illnesses with significant impact,1 irrespective of culture or socioeconomic class.2 Over the decades, antipsychotic medication...
Original Article
Prevalence and correlates of psychological distress and coronavirus anxiety among hospital essential services workers in Singapore
The Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) has affected almost all geographies in the world since 2020. Many countries have imposed strict isolation measures to contain...
Original Article
The moderating effect of employment status on the relationship between lifetime major depressive disorder and positive mental health
Studies across the world have reported a high prevalence of mental disorders,1-3 highlighting that mental disorders remain one of the major causes of “non-fatal...
Editorial
The relationship between major depressive disorder and employment status
Major depressive disorder is associated with executive dysfunction that includes impairment in problem-solving and decision-making,1 as well as with occupational impairment.2 One of the...
Letter to the Editor
Stress among emergency medicine residents during the COVID-19 pandemic: A qualitative study
Dear Editor,
The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted medical education1,2 and distressed clinicians.3,4 Understanding the impact of this pandemic on emergency medicine (EM) residents’ experience of...
Commentary
The personal recovery movement in Singapore – past, present and future
Early psychiatric conceptions of successful mental health recovery traditionally focused on reducing or eradicating symptoms.1 The personal recovery movement of the early 1990s in...
Original Article
The Health-Related Quality of Life of Junior Doctors
It is widely reported that junior doctors experience a large amount of work-related stress and fatigue. This has detrimental effects both on the well-being...
Original Article
Where do People with Mental Disorders in Singapore go to for Help?
Not only are mental disorders prevalent in any country, it is also common that many of those with mental disorders are neither seeking nor...
Commentary
Integrating mental healthcare in primary care in Singapore
Management of mental health conditions can be both resource-intensive and costly. The rigour of obtaining appointments and the long waiting time at tertiary hospitals,...
Commentary
Prehabilitation and Its Role in Geriatric Surgery
The population in Singapore is ageing rapidly. According to statistics, by 2030, 1 in 2 adults in Singapore will be >65 years old. As...
Original Article
Impact of unemployment on mental disorders, physical health and quality of life: Findings from the Singapore Mental Health Study
Several reviews and meta-analyses have established an association between unemployment and psychological distress. This relationship between unemployment and mental health is complex and likely...
Original Article
Dietary intake of persons with depressive and psychotic disorders in Singapore
Unhealthy diet is a modifiable risk factor in many health conditions, including mental disorders. Nutritional psychiatry is an emerging field that examines the role...
Letter to the Editor
Stress and resilience of paediatric healthcare workers during COVID-19
The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has caused multiple changes in healthcare systems as governments implement measures to boost acute services. Healthcare workers (HCWs)...
Letter to the Editor
Impact of COVID-19 on mental health and occupational burnout in a surgical unit in Singapore
In this study, we assessed the impact of COVID-19 on the psychological well-being and burnout among staff who manage critically ill general surgery and...
Original Article
Psychosocial impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on paediatric healthcare workers
Early studies done in China during this COVID-19 pandemic have shown considerable mental health impact on healthcare workers (HCWs), especially those working on the...
Editorial
The impact of COVID-19 pandemic on global mental health: From the general public to healthcare workers
The COVID-19 pandemic began in late 2019 and was declared a pandemic by the World Health Organization (WHO) on 11 March 2020. To decrease...
Commentary
Autism Spectrum Disorder and COVID-19: Helping Caregivers Navigate the Pandemic
The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has disrupted societies globally. As of 11 May 2020, 53 children have been infected with COVID-19 in Singapore...
Commentary
Mental Health Strategies to Combat the Psychological Impact of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Beyond Paranoia and Panic
On 30 January 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) an international public health emergency after the...