As the acute emergency phase following Typhoon Haiyan subsides, the next major hurdle for the people of the Philippines is how they will cope with the psychological impact of the disaster. Ana Maria Tijerino, psychologist and mental health advisor, is working with MSF emergency teams on Panay ...
Date Posted: November 25, 2013
Categories: Depression, Mental Health in Asia
GOMalaysia: With about 10 per cent of Malaysia's population projected to experience mental illness by 2020, measures are being put in place to address the problem. Dr Raba'iah Mohd Salleh, the director of Hospital Bahagia Ulu Kinta in Tanjung ...
Nov 14
Categories: Mental Health in Asia
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Indonesia - A 50-year-old man sat quietly on top of a large stone, resting against the brick wall of a modest home in Paringan village, Ponorogo, East Java.
He smiled at Ponorogo Deputy Regent Yuni Widyaningsih, who was walking in his ...
Nov 2
Categories: Mental Health in Asia
GOKOTA KINABALU: Annually, there are about 32,000 to 34,000 mental health patients seeking treatment at various facilities offering psychiatric services in Sabah, according to Sabah Mental Association president Rizal Osoi. Stigma remains a challenge ...
Oct 23
Categories: Mental Health in Asia
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Hong Kong - Halloween is yet to arrive, but the costumes were out in full force yesterday as the Central Rat Race brought fundraisers dressed as Batman, pharaohs, pirates and more onto the streets.
More than 460 employees of 52 companies turned out ...
Oct 22
Categories: Mental Health in Asia
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Jakarta - As the country’s population of older people grows, the government is being pushed to provide better mental health facilities for the elderly, who are at higher risk of developing mental disorders.
The head of the Health Ministry’s ...
Oct 19
Categories: Aging & Geriatric Issues, Mental Health in Asia
GOKOTA BARU: About 10 per cent of Malaysia's population is projected to experience mental illness by 2020. Deputy director-general of Health (Public Health), Datuk Dr Lokman Hakim Sulaiman said the increase in the number of people aged 50 years and ...
Oct 12
Categories: Mental Health in Asia
GOMalaysia - Malaysian Medical Association (MMA) president Datuk Dr N.K.S Tharmaseelan is “embarrassed, distressed and pained” over the caging of a mentally-disabled person in Kuala Pilah. Commenting on a statement by Senaling Welfare Department ...
Sep 27
Categories: Mental Health in Asia
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Hong Kong - The mental health of citizens has improved this year probably due to a lower unemployment rate, the Equal Opportunities Commission believes.
The commission carried out a mental health index survey on 1,000 respondents from July to ...
Sep 26
Categories: Mental Health in Asia
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Malaysia - A NEW test will be introduced for applicants to teachers' training colleges, the Education Ministry announced on Monday.
The assessment will gauge whether they have the mental resilience to be teachers in today's fast-paced, ...
Sep 7
Categories: Mental Health in Asia
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50.9 percent of Hong Kong’s high school students display symptoms of depression, according to a report by Hong Kong based newspaper Mingbao.
The recent survey, conducted from October 2012 to June 2013, accessed the mental status of more than ...
Sep 6
Categories: Mental Health in Asia
GOSingapore - Mental illness can be cured and thinking otherwise would be one of the major misconceptions that the Singapore Association for Mental Health (SAMH) wants to eradicate. It joins other skewed perceptions such as, mental illness is ...
Sep 5
Categories: Mental Health in Asia
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Pasung is the Indonesian term for restraints or restrained. It is used to refer to shackles, but can also refer to being locked in a room or confined in a shed or animal pen.
From January 2011 through the end of 2012, I spent time photographing ...
Sep 4
Categories: Mental Health in Asia
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Jakarta - Viviana Sari, an Indonesian high school student, was at a loss for words when psychiatrist Tiur Sihombing asked her to define the word “depression”.
“Stressed?” the 17-year-old said hesitantly.
Viviana was among more than two ...
Sep 3
Categories: Mental Health in Asia
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One can take consolation from the World Health Organisation’s (WHO) definition of health. Under its constitution, health is: ‘… a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity’. ...
Aug 28
Categories: Mental Health in Asia
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Hong Kong - A series of unimaginable family tragedies have stunned the city over the past few months. Earlier this month, a 60-year-old man jumped to his death after seriously injuring his wife following a quarrel. In March, a 29-year-old unemployed ...
Aug 27
Categories: Mental Health in Asia
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