カテゴリー: Mental health
Visitors staying at ‘healing retreats’ bring vital income to the diverse cultures of the region, writes Enrico Malatesta, while Emily Webster says there is no need to leave the UK to find shamanic healing. Plus, a letter by John LowrieYour article (‘Ay…
My friend and colleague Suman Fernando, who has died aged 92, had an international reputation in the field of critical psychiatry, particularly in relation to advocating for race equity in mental health.As well as being a consultant psychiatrist in the…
More than a decade after China passed a groundbreaking mental health law, victims and activists say that involuntary hospitalisation remains commonZhang Po was barely one year out of school when an out of control mine-cart barrelled into him deep in a …
Experts say there is huge potential for AI in the mental health sector, but there are risks of turning to technology, rather than human beings when in distressIn the pre-dawn hours, Ann Li’s anxieties felt overwhelming. She’d recently been diagnosed wi…
The death of a young chartered accountant has highlighted a work culture of overworked employees and bullying bossesFor the average Indian, the working week is now longer than ever – totalling almost 47 hours.According to recent labour data, India now …
Scheme allows three days off each term as high school stress and depression rates soarTaiwanese high schools will begin offering mental health leave to students this month, to address rising rates of youth suicide and high levels of stress and depressi…
Inquest finds death of Duangphet Phromthep, 17, could not have been foreseen or preventedThe captain of the Thai football team who were trapped in a cave for several days in 2018 took his own life while at school in the UK, a coroner has ruled.Duangphe…
It is easy to blame Bollywood and the media for unrealistic expectations of beauty – but there are deeper social factors at workWhen Indian actor Aishwarya Rai, once Miss World, walked the runway at Paris fashion week for L’Oréal this month, the online…
Suicides throw spotlight on gruelling culture of cramming for entrance exams and great burden placed on studentsFor the 300,000 students who flock to Kota every year, this hot, dusty city in the Indian state of Rajasthan is a pressure cooker of perform…
Mental health apps focusing on personal history part of a wider push to support men and address high rates of family harmJoshua Wilson* was abandoned at birth and then adopted into a family where he was sexually abused by his father and violently torme…
High-profile minister’s resignation prompts questions about toll of working in parliament and how to talk about mental health strugglesIt was an abrupt end to the political career of a rising star: Kiri Allan – New Zealand’s justice minister and tipped…
In at least 17 countries, suicide remains a criminal offence – a ‘huge barrier’ to mental health care. As Ghana becomes one of four countries to overturn its law in a year, others could followWhen Ghana’s parliament voted to decriminalise suicide and a…
Veena Torchia always felt like an outsider in London, but found peace when she and her husband moved to RajasthanEarlier this year, Veena Torchia was sitting in her garden in Pushkar in northern India, eating a very ripe mango. As she bit into it, she …