Institute of Mental Health; Singapore

Cheryl has a robust background in psychiatric-mental health nursing for the past 22 years. She is an Advanced Practice Nurse who has honed her clinical skills at various psychiatric care units. She has special interest in suicide prevention work and had implementing evidence-based strategies aimed at identifying at-risk individuals and system level changes. In addition to her clinical work, she has presented papers on Impact of a Rehabilitation Program on Mental Health Recovery at international platforms and published paper on violence prediction tools. Her relentless pursuit of continuous improvement, coupled with her clinical leadership to drive clinical initiatives, has positioned her as an enabler in mental health nursing. She is currently leading a workgroup to set future trends of psychiatric nursing model by building a Person-Centered Care (PCC) practice culture to build nurses’ capabilities and mindset in adaptation of PCC.