World Mental Health Month is here, and with our country’s rise in COVID-19 cases, most of us are now forced into isolation once again. It can be a lonely, stressful, and overwhelming time for a lot of us, and mental health providers in Malaysia are actively advocating their services for …
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When Mark asked me to write a post about the toll the pandemic is taking on mental health and relationships, I didn’t want simply to detail the ways it’s hard to live through a pandemic. Nor did I want to throw a bunch of statistics at you about how many …
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I was a 22-year-old temp working for a high-profile company when I collapsed on the bathroom floor at work. I had no clue what was happening and neither did anyone around me. My heart was beating loudly, making it difficult to think, move or speak. When I was taken to …
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Dr. Bertram S. Brown, a psychiatrist who figured prominently in federal efforts to re-envision public programs to deal with mental health and intellectual disabilities in the 1960s and ’70s, died on May 14 in Bala Cynwyd, Pa. He was 89. The cause was cardiovascular disease, his daughter Wendy Brown-Blau said. …
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Esports organization Cloud9 has teamed up with managed healthcare company Kaiser Permanente to improve mental health in the U.S. gaming community. It’s another sign of the mainstreaming of esports, video games, and mental wellness efforts. Los Angeles-based Cloud9, which runs a number of esports teams for games such as League …
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Mental health organisations and helplines in Singapore have reported a surge in the number of cases, of which many individuals share their anxiety, worries and fear of the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic. Reading the news on the Covid-19 development daily signals that the situation will not be easing anytime …
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The spread of coronavirus has shaken the economy with mass layoffs and increased uncertainty. As a result more and more Americans are finding themselves in mounting debt. In 2018, the American household debt reached an all-time high at $ 13.21 trillion across 300 million people. But for those with a …
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