SINGAPORE – Noticing that her teenage daughter had withdrawn from the family, staying in her room and refusing to join the usual family activities, 46-year-old Madam R (as she wanted to be known) suspected that the girl had depression.

Maria (not her real name), a 17-year-old first-year polytechnic student, also lost her appetite and often fell sick.

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