A US firm has been ordered to pay 32 mentally disabled workers US$240 million for decades of around-the-clock abuse on and off the job, including being kicked in the groin. An expert witness said...
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Thousands of people took part in a special race yesterday aimed at breaking down the barriers for people with mental disabilities.
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Taiwan's ex-president Chen Shui-bian - already serving an 18-1/2-year prison term for corruption and money-laundering - was yesterday convicted and sentenced to another 10 years for taking bribes...
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The mentally ill man who punched and slashed 23 people - mostly children - in a Henan province primary school on Friday rampaged through the premises for more than half an hour before he was...
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Misconceptions about mental illness are still rife.
Parents are reluctant to let their children take part in a government initiative that tries to promote a better understanding of...
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Half of Hong Kong's children currently diagnosed as autistic may be denied treatment following a major change to the clinical definition, concern groups warned.
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A psychiatric patient who killed a security guard yesterday had visited a public hospital just three hours earlier.
The guard was nearly decapitated in the frenzied chopper attack...
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In a generally uneventful campaign for last Sunday's district council elections, perhaps the biggest non-event was a survey to flush out candidates' views on having a mental health centre in their...
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October 10 was designated World Mental Health Day by the World Health Organisation. The day raises public awareness of mental health issues and encourages investment in the prevention and cure of...
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Almost one in five Hongkongers show serious symptoms of mental illnesses - and the majority of them are women, a survey has revealed.
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The State Council has released a draft of the country's first mental health law for public consultation, amid evidence of rampant abuse, including people being locked up for years in mental...
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The mainland still lacks a law governing the treatment of the mentally ill even though the process of drawing up such legislation started 26 years ago.
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