Anxiety affects all of us, and it’s important to know it’s an entirely normal human emotion. It’s something we all experience to some degree from time to time. However, if your anxiety is becoming overwhelming, it’s helpful to take steps to manage it. Here are a few tips and exercises that can help.
By Low Win Li World Mental Health Day 2021: Malaysian context For World Mental Health Day 2021, this year’s theme is ‘Mental Health in an Unequal World’. This theme was chosen by the World Federation for Mental Health based on their survey of the accessibility of mental health services across countries around the world. Access […]
By Chua Sook Ning, PhD One of the things that drew me to interpersonal psychotherapy (IPT) was IPT’s emphasis on interpersonal relationships. Whereas cognitive behavioural therapy focuses on thoughts/behaviors, emotion focused therapy on emotions, IPT draws attention to a person’s interpersonal functioning. Thus, IPT is particularly well-suited for collectivistic cultures given the importance of relationships […]
Emerging and developing Asian economies reflects the region’s rapid transformation from agricultural to manufacturing and services-based industries. The region’s economic growth, however, may have come at cost of its workers’ mental health. Workers in Asia spend, on average, more hours at work per week than workers outside of Asia, leading to reports of increased burnout and mental health issues. Broad, macro-level economic factors such as job insecurity, evolving labor markets and increasing use of technology in modern workplaces explain provide only a partial explanation for the rise of mental health concerns in the region. Psychological factors – particularly the work ethos and cultural acceptance of prolonged work hours may be inadvertently contributing to adverse mental health consequences among Asian workers. Any intervention aimed at addressing mental health concerns in Asian workplaces needs to account for the complex interplay between economic and psychological factors and work toward de-stigmatization of mental health concerns that remain prevalent in this region.
1. Create awareness on the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on mental health in Malaysia.
2. Create awareness on the growing rate of the statistics of suicide in Malaysia.
3. Explain the origin of the law criminalising attempted suicide, and countries that have since decriminalised it.
4. Affirm the urgent need for reformation of the law of attempted suicide in Malaysia.
by Dr. Chua Sook Ning, PhD We celebrate World Mental Health Day on October 10th 2020. This international event offers an important contribution to raising mental health awareness and advocating against the social stigma of mental health. The 2020 World Mental Health campaign encourages us to invest: it calls on society to invest in providing […]
