Mental Health

Axe murderer hopes insanity plea will spare life

21 Feb 2013

Wang Yingshen, 62, was deprived of political rights for life and sentenced to death earlier this month after being charged with deliberate murder by the province’s Court of First Instance.

Ask the Doctors

29 Jan 2013

I have read that fasting (or eating very lightly) a couple of days per week can do wonders for one's health, and for the brain in particular. Is this true?

Self-harming teenagers

27 Jan 2013

Approximately 15 to 20 per cent of adolescents in the US and UK have tried cutting themselves.

Letters to the Editor, January 10, 2013

10 Jan 2013

Zero-waste target feasible for Hong Kong

I refer to the letter from Christine Loh, undersecretary for the environment ("Government plans to increase recycling rate and reduce waste",...

Letters to the Editor, January 3, 2013

3 Jan 2013

Time almost stands still at Now TV

After reading the correspondence focusing on Now TV often showing repeats of BBC series, I am writing to say that this is too often the case and is...

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Opinion

Wang Xiangwei

Super ministries may not be the right answer for mainland China

Alex Lo

Church developers remain unbowed by government rules

George Chen

A house is not a home until it becomes affordable

Jireh Fund puts on gospel show to raise awareness on mental health

A Christian group is hoping to raise awareness about mental health issues with a gospel show on Sunday.

China Digest, November 28, 2012

A couple's plan to have a "natural" pregnancy and birth at their home did not go as expected, as the woman was in labour for two days before the father-to-be decided he should call her a taxi to...

Psychiatric patient accused of stabbing women passed check-up

A psychiatric patient accused of stabbing two women neighbours in Tin Shui Wai on Friday was described as emotionally stable during a check-up 10 days earlier.

COURTS

Psychiatric patient who slit stranger's throat guilty of wounding

A psychiatric patient who slit a stranger's throat in Tai Po in February was found guilty of wounding with intent.

Chung Chi-fai was unanimously convicted by a jury of attacking salesman Wu...

HEALTH

Shanghai citizens quizzed on friends' mental health

A large-scale psychiatric survey of Shanghai's 23 million residents, which encourages people to report anyone with "strange behaviour", has aroused public concern and controversy.

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INDONESIA

How Indonesia's mentally-ill are shackled and forgotten

Between rice fields and coconut trees on Indonesia's "paradise" island of Bali, a man lies chained by the ankles to a rotting wooden bed in a garden, staring at roosters tottering by.