Associate professor Sylvia Kwok Lai Yuk-ching, of City University, said: "Chinese families have higher expectations of boys than girls. That's why boys may experience more stress from their...
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Terry Baker told BBC radio that Paul Gascoigne, who has battled alcoholism and depression for many years, "immediately needs to get some help".
Approximately 15 to 20 per cent of adolescents in the US and UK have tried cutting themselves.
It’s no surprise that working long, inflexible hours can trigger mental distress, but now a Hong Kong survey has put a statistical face on the situation.
I refer to the letter by Samantha Datwani ("Austerity plan only option for euro zone", August 23).
A social service organisation has called on the government to put more resources into tackling teenagers' mental health problems after a survey showed a "worrying" number of youngsters suffer from...
Opinion
Graham has a long history of depression. He doesn't remember how it started, but says it runs in his family. Depression can be a natural response when something goes wrong, sometimes it strikes...
Graham has a long history of depression. He doesn't remember how it started, but says it runs in his family. Depression can be a natural response when something goes wrong, sometimes it strikes...
Scores of middle-aged and older people sit outside a consultation room at the Shanghai Mental Health Centre, waiting to see a senior psychiatrist. One 49-year-old woman among them says most are...
Scores of middle-aged and older people sit outside a consultation room at the Shanghai Mental Health Centre, waiting to see a senior psychiatrist. One 49-year-old woman among them says most are...
Veteran Shenzhen psychiatrist Li Site gives advice to those struggling with the emotional fallout from the worsening financial crisis. While anxiety is a natural response, he says, counselling...
The key to helping depressed friends and fellow teenagers is to listen patiently and be supportive.
That is the message delivered by the Youth Suicide Prevention Project, according...
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