By Dr. Chua Sook Ning WHAT IF we treated our physical illnesses the way we treat our mental illnesses? Let’s imagine you woke up one fine morning in Kuala Lumpur. 1. Your head hurts, you had a fever, your throat was sore and your nose was runny. Your whole body was aching and you felt […]
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Sexual recidivism is not a mental illness
By Dr. Chua Sook Ning The NST Online report of Selva Kumar Subbiah addressed the social stigma against convicts and rightly affirms the civil rights of all citizens regardless of one’s past. Unfortunately, the article ends with this: “The American Supreme Court has interpreted this recidivist tendency as a mental health problem and sentences of […]
Our mental health care is the elephant in the room.
By Dr. Chua Sook Ning IN 2015, the Health Ministry revealed that 30% of Malaysians have a mental health condition. This figure is alarming and reflects a three-fold increase since 1996. Yet we have not heard much from the Government to address this issue. The silence from the authorities is disappointing, to say the least. […]
A love poem to suicide
I am thinking about countless pills, tight ropes and sharp knives, like a soul with no road to drive, bury my whole body alive, look at me as I am broken pen drive. Dear suicide, You are among the negativity that didn’t give me hopes, but a bunch of tangled ropes and blood that […]
Discovering ADHD
I recently realized that all my fantastic multitasking skills, impulsive behaviors, my high level of constant boredom was not normal but might be due to inattention. I am highly distractible and the “zone” people refer to remains a mystery to me.It never bothered me much before, I just thought I needed to put in more […]
Remedy: A devised play about therapy
RELATE is proud to partner with EJA to produce a play on psychotherapy. Psychotherapy is an effective treatment for mental illness but it remains inaccessible to the general public due to high cost, stigma about therapy and low manpower. We want to remove the stigma on therapy by giving you an intimate look at what […]
