The government is being urged to set up a mental-health commission to manage the problems of long-term patients and fill the gap left by the present lack of an overall strategy. The call from the Hong Kong Mental Health Council said current policy concentrated on medical services but neglected ...
Date Posted: February 27, 2014
Categories: Mental Health in Asia
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Australia's Medicare funding for conditions like anxiety, depression and substance abuse had put the country as world's leader in mental health.
According to the Better Access, with authors led by Professor Harvey Whiteford of the University of ...
Feb 21
Categories: Mental Health in Asia
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SINGAPORE It is a question that has puzzled mental health experts in Asia for some time: Why are so many elderly Asians committing suicide?
The past decade has seen astonishing spikes in the rate of Asians over 65 choosing to end their lives ...
Feb 20
Categories: Mental Health in Asia, Suicide Prevention
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MALAYSIA is lacking in clinical psychologists to deal with the mental health problems of the people and maintain their psychological wellbeing.
National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health chairman Tan Sri Lee Lam Thye said there were only ...
Feb 19
Categories: Mental Health in Asia, Mental Health Professions
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Many children were among the victims of typhoon Haiyan, with one school in the Tacloban area of the Philippines losing 59 of its pupils. Médecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) psychiatrist Frederique Drogoul describes a mental health programme that will ...
Feb 10
Categories: Mental Health in Asia, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) / Trauma ...
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PHILIPPINES - "A MENTAL illness is just like any other illness," said Dr. Laureen Conanan, chief of Southern Philippines Medical Center's Institute of Psychology and Behavioral Medicine (SPMC-IPBM), and that mental illness can also take various ...
Feb 7
Categories: Mental Health in Asia
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MALAYSIA - A mental health test on couples intending to get hitched is seen as the best way to reduce domestic violence.
Women, Family and Community Development Minister Datuk Seri Rohani Abdul Karim said as such, the ministry had no objection ...
Feb 3
Categories: Mental Health in Asia, Relationships & Marriage
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Hong Kong - There are 198 paragraphs in this year's policy address, but only one addresses the issue of mental health.
Enhancing the standard of care is an important component of any mental health strategy, be it regional or national, but the ...
Jan 29
Categories: Mental Health in Asia
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Few years ago, a study had indicated that while one in eight children in Singapore have emotional disorders, and one in 20 have behavioural disorders, only 10% ever see a psychiatrist. The study, “Emotional and behavioural problems in Singaporean ...
Jan 9
Categories: Child Development, Mental Health in Asia
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Philippines - The World Health Organization shared with the Philippines Department of Health information about a humane, supportive and practical help to people who are suffering after crisis events.
Called psychological first aid, this approach ...
Dec 24
Categories: Mental Health in Asia
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Hong Kong: Lily Chan Lei-hung has had more than enough ups and downs for a lifetime. She's has gone from working as a business development manager for a publicly listed American company, to being an unemployed divorcee battling bipolar disorder. ...
Dec 18
Categories: Mental Health in Asia, Mental Health Professions
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Using a train-the-trainer approach, Filipino health professionals took part in a one-day workshop to learn how teach others in their communities to provide psychological first aid to support typhoon survivors.
Dec 12
Categories: Mental Health in Asia, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) / Trauma ...
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While a majority of children in Singapore have better material comforts than their counterparts elsewhere, studies on their mental health are not so encouraging.
When some international surveys [read Gallup] proclaim that Singapore is the least ...
Dec 6
Categories: Mental Health in Asia
GOThe country’s first integrated mental health information system was launched Monday in a bid to address effectively the needs of patients suffering from mental illness. The creation of an information system was prompted by a campaign of Janssen ...
Dec 4
Categories: Mental Health in Asia
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Even after a disaster like Typhoon Haiyan, which ravaged the Philippines, kids have energy to burn.
Toronto social services worker Sandra Damota is in one of the devastated areas to ensure that some of those kids have a mentally healthy outlet for ...
Nov 28
Categories: Mental Health in Asia, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) / Trauma ...
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Rodico Basilides visits a forlorn cross that stands as a memorial to his family who died in the catastrophic Philippine typhoon, one of countless survivors who are being forced to grieve without professional counseling.
“This is for my wife, ...
Nov 27
Categories: Mental Health in Asia, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) / Trauma ...
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