Tonga Mental Health and Disabilities Association

Next Tongan govt urged to invest in mental health

Tonga will go to the polls in November and the head of the Tonga Mental Health and Disabilities Association is hoping improvements in the sector will follow.

RNZI reports Leonaitasi Hoponoa has been involved in Tonga's first mental health symposium this week and said the event aims to boost awareness.

Mr Hoponoa said around 10 percent of Tongans suffer from mental illness at some point in their lives but the government support hadn't always been there.