Migrant workers hesitate to seek mental health support due to job loss fear, misconceptions: Study

SINGAPORE – Migrant workers and migrant domestic workers in Singapore hesitate to seek formal mental health support as they fear losing their jobs, according to a recent study.

Some respondents were also unaware of mental health services or believed such services would be too expensive, said the study by the Institute of Mental Health (IMH) and the National University of Singapore’s Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health.…

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