SINGAPORE - Someone has allegedly got himself discharged from the army by feigning depression.
Many Singaporeans would have taken the person's Facebook confession with a pinch of salt.
"Not easy to feign depression," said Ang Yong Guan, a retired military psychiatrist who had served in the Singapore Armed Forces for more than 17 years.
Date Posted: June 27, 2014
Categories: Depression
GOThe improvement of the condition of schizophrenia is strongly linked to family involvement in the life of the schizophrenic. Family members can ease the difficulties of this serious mental illness in ways that people outside the family system cannot.
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Categories: Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
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Categories: Anxiety, Caregiver Issues / Stress, Depression, Workplace Issues
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Categories: Addictions, Sexual Problems / Sex Therapy
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Categories: Addictions
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When was the last time you were bored - truly bored - and didn-t instantly spring to fill your psychic emptiness by checking Facebook or Twitter or Instagram? The last time you stood in line at the store or the boarding gate or the theater and ...
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Do you jump to help the less fortunate, cry during sad movie scenes, or tweet and post the latest topics and photos that excite or move you? If yes, you may be among the 20 percent of our population that is genetically pre-disposed to empathy, ...
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Categories: Emotional Intelligence, Empathy, Sensitivity to Criticism
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The spread of super-resistant bacteria means the science of hand-washing behaviour has become a serious business. Psychologists have stepped up to the plate. Bowl, I should say. By hiding in toilet cubicles for a new study, they've observed how long ...
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Paying attention or mindfulness comes naturally to all of us and is our birth right yet many humans have to be taught all over again how to stay anchored and undistracted in the present moment. This has presumably always been the case but in the ...
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Categories: Adult ADHD, Mindfulness
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According to the World Health Organization, such mood disorders as depression affect some 10% of the world's population and are associated with a heavy burden of disease. That is why numerous scientists around the world have invested a great deal of ...
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Categories: Depression
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Categories: Mental Health in Asia
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Categories: Workplace Issues
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When people get together in groups, unusual things can happen - both good and bad. Groups create important social institutions that an individual could not achieve alone, but there can be a darker side to such alliances: Belonging to a group makes ...
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