Mental health group: loneliness a growing problemALL AGES WELCOME Affecting both the young and the old, loneliness and its secondary effects are an increasingly big issue in Taiwan societyBy Chiu Chih-jou and Jake Chung / Staff reporter, with staff writerThe Mental Health Foundation on Tuesday called for more proactive policies to support mental health, as the top related news events of last year showed that loneliness has become a major issue in Taiwan. A sign bearing the Ministry of Health and Welfare’s name is pictured at its headquarters in Taipei in an undated photograph. It could indicate that society has insufficient mental support for those on society’s periphery, Yang said. Yang said mental health assessments could be part of vocational counseling or part of local and central labor departments, as a way to reach out and support those who need it. Foundation chairman Hu Hai-kuo (胡海國) said the government’s efforts to reinforce the mental health system were a good start, but insufficient.
