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The latest mental health news including well-being, depression, mindfulness and mental health resources.
Emergency mechanism to help at-risk Hong Kong students should be reviewed to offer greater support and investigate the number of psychiatric referrals.
Oprah Winfrey’s spiritual relationship transformed her life. We get an expert’s opinion on what makes a relationship spiritual and how it can benefit you and your partner in many ways.
Survey revealing growing sense of despair and isolation felt by the old in Hong Kong is a call to action.
Survey shows happiness levels of Hong Kong families have fallen, particularly among those who care for sick, disabled or elderly relatives.
The Swiss-based body says it is investigating students who posted questions for university entrance exams online, revealing them to thousands of students in other time zones
From “liberal” euthanasia to transgender treatment and prison policy, the country is experimenting with its citizens’ lives.
A woman in China who had been successfully treated for a mental illness was forced to stay in hospital for a decade longer than necessary.
Roughly 80 per cent of the people who have been the victim of “chikan”, the Japanese term for gropers, did not report it to officials.
Young professionals in China are listing their colleagues and jobs on second-hand e-commerce platforms for sale to “wash off the work smell”.
China’s younger generation have invented the term “smell of work” to describe the exhausted, cloying feeling many of us have experienced after a demanding day at work. The Post explains what it means.
Our attention spans shrink as we become overwhelmed by information, a condition known as popcorn brain. It leads to stress and anxiety. Experts offer tips for how to switch off through a digital detox.
A tech company in China has told its workers it expects them to work 13 hours a day, six days a week for 100 days, stoking fears that the demands could endanger the health of employees.
Health-centric technologies are being used to make self-care ‘a cornerstone of modern living spaces’ – think smart mattresses, and interactive art that can ‘transform you based on your movement, heartbeat or mood’.
Samaritan Befrienders Hong Kong calls for more support for young people, says increase in suicides may be related to lagging economy.
Readers discuss how to improve university students’ mental health, the Diploma of Secondary Education exam, and traffic penalty notices.
An exhausted employee in China, tired of working for a corporation, spotted a workplace trend and decided to start a business selling “stop anxiety” bananas
He coined the term ‘blue zones’ for communities with healthy centenarians. Dan Buettner says there are no magic solutions to long life, but we can all follow the ‘Power 9’ lifestyle principles he learned.
Readers discuss why the city is a near-utopia for prospective undergraduates, the resignation of Hong Kong’s British judges, and a holistic approach to youth mental health.
The story of an employee at a well-known café chain in China who screamed at a customer in frustration and doused them with coffee granules has sparked a debate about workers’ rights.
A key ingredient in the Mediterranean and Mind diets, extra virgin olive oil may help prevent dementia and Alzheimer’s disease by clearing toxic proteins, as well as provide other health benefits.
The Marvel actress formerly dated Logan Paul and Riverdale’s Charles Melton, and is rumoured to be seeing The 1975’s Ross MacDonald … so is Charli XCX’s song really about her, not Taylor Swift?
Scientific research has found evidence to support some of the many claims for yoga’s physical and mental benefits, including ways it improves athletic performance, relieves pain and boosts heart health.
Online publishers must push awareness of online abuse, censor comments in advance and cut off live broadcasts containing violent information.
Dr Vivek Murthy said that social media is a contributing factor in the mental health crisis among young people.
Sri Lankan-born Malissa Sander hit ‘rock bottom’ in her teens as she went through anorexia nervosa. Aqua fitness ‘saved’ her, she says. Now she teaches her own brand of it in Singapore to help others.
Readers discuss whether Hong Kong should limit children’s screen time, one area where the city is leading the United States, and Donald Trump’s guilty verdict.
He’s 58 but looks 28 – what is Chuando Tan’s secret? Lots of water, lots of protein, exercise, a positive attitude and a little sunshine, says Singaporean photographer and influencer.
Schools make mental health a priority, but looking out for troubled students a challenge for teachers.
Many troubled youth avoid seeking help fearing stigma, labelling and causing parents concern.
The second half of life is when you can live well because you have the experience from living the first half, Rhee Kun-hoo says – he has more to say in his book If You Live to 100, You Might as Well Be Happy.