Ensuring Development of Informed Consent Procedure Guidelines and its Proper Implementation in Treating Mental Health Conditions

Yip Hon Weng asked the Minister for Health about ensuring ethical, adaptable, and autonomy-respecting informed consent procedures for mental health treatment, including for minors or cases where guardians lack understanding or contribute to issues, and whether specific guidelines will be developed.
Ong Ye Kung responded that consent in medical practice involves shared decision-making between patient and clinician, with clinicians providing information and patients exercising autonomy, and that these principles apply to mental health care.
The Minister noted that the Government has received feedback indicating parental consent requirements for those under 21 may hinder access to mental health support, and the Ministry of Health is studying this feedback.

Yip Hon Weng asked the Minister for Health about ensuring ethical, adaptable, and autonomy-respecting informed consent procedures for mental health treatment, including for minors or cases where guardians lack understanding or contribute to issues, and whether specific guidelines will be developed.
Ong Ye Kung responded that consent in medical practice involves shared decision-making between patient and clinician, with clinicians providing information and patients exercising autonomy, and that these principles apply to mental health care.
The Minister noted that the Government has received feedback indicating parental consent requirements for those under 21 may hinder access to mental health support, and the Ministry of Health is studying this feedback.

Yip Hon Weng asked the Minister for Health about ensuring ethical, adaptable, and autonomy-respecting informed consent procedures for mental health treatment, including for minors or cases where guardians lack understanding or contribute to issues, and whether specific guidelines will be developed.
Ong Ye Kung responded that consent in medical practice involves shared decision-making between patient and clinician, with clinicians providing information and patients exercising autonomy, and that these principles apply to mental health care.
The Minister noted that the Government has received feedback indicating parental consent requirements for those under 21 may hinder access to mental health support, and the Ministry of Health is studying this feedback.

Yip Hon Weng asked the Minister for Health about ensuring ethical, adaptable, and autonomy-respecting informed consent procedures for mental health treatment, including for minors or cases where guardians lack understanding or contribute to issues, and whether specific guidelines will be developed.
Ong Ye Kung responded that consent in medical practice involves shared decision-making between patient and clinician, with clinicians providing information and patients exercising autonomy, and that these principles apply to mental health care.
The Minister noted that the Government has received feedback indicating parental consent requirements for those under 21 may hinder access to mental health support, and the Ministry of Health is studying this feedback.

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