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mental-illness

Opinion 6 years ago

Mental health problems simmering unaddressed in the metropolitan

As a doctor who works in the metropolitan city, I find mental health is a silent burden rising among citizens. This problem sneaks up along those metropolitans, crawling in silence, intruding their productivity and eventually reducing their quality of life.

National 6 years ago

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Psychologists raise red flag over rising self-diagnosed depression

Psychologists have raised concerns over self-diagnoses of depression, urging people to seek help and a proper diagnosis from a professional.

City 7 years ago

Handle with care: Support Circle extends helping hand to Jakartans with mental illness

Support Circle, established in Jakarta in January this year, provides assistance for people with mental illnesses.

Health 7 years ago

Freed from shackles, mental illness sufferer and mother of three to finally receive treatment

Elisabeth Koja, 33, a housewife and mother of three in Mbapo village in Flores, East Nusa Tenggara, has suffered from mental illness since 2006.

Health 7 years ago

Study links REM sleep disorder to mental illness

A recent study indicates that REM sleep behaviour disorder (RBD), which often leads sufferers to kick and yell while asleep, may be linked to various forms of mental illness.

Health 7 years ago

More support needed for rape victims

Society and the government need to be kinder and more supportive to rape survivors.

Health 7 years ago

WHO declares sex addiction as a mental illness

The WHO describes the condition as “persistent pattern of failure to control intense, repetitive sexual impulses or urges resulting in a repetitive sexual behavior.”

Art & Culture 7 years ago

Yayoi Kusama: A history of art and mental illness

Kusama's pieces, like the works of many artists before her, are the product of a long struggle with mental illness.

Health 7 years ago

Transgenderism no longer a mental illness: WHO

Transgender people, who identify as the opposite gender to the one they were born with, should no longer be considered mentally ill, according to a new UN categorization.

World 7 years ago

Father who allegedly caged son for 20 years arrested in Japan

A father who allegedly confined his mentally ill son in a small cage for more than two decades was arrested on Saturday in western Japan, police and news reports said.

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mental-illness

Mental health problems simmering unaddressed in the metropolitan

PREMIUM Psychologists raise red flag over rising self-diagnosed depression

Handle with care: Support Circle extends helping hand to Jakartans with mental illness

Freed from shackles, mental illness sufferer and mother of three to finally receive treatment

Study links REM sleep disorder to mental illness

More support needed for rape victims

WHO declares sex addiction as a mental illness

Yayoi Kusama: A history of art and mental illness

Transgenderism no longer a mental illness: WHO

Father who allegedly caged son for 20 years arrested in Japan

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Psychologists raise red flag over rising self-diagnosed depression