When it comes to children's mental health, teachers can be the agent of change


Do we even recognise anxiety and depression in our children? Based on local research, the country's overall mental health literacy is still low. — Photos: Freepik

I AM writing from Britain where I’m currently a Jeffrey Cheah Scholar-in-Residence at Brasenose College, University of Oxford for a month, to explore research collaborations at the Department of Experimental Psychology.

One of my conversations with a researcher here prompted me to write this article. It went something like this:

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