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| 14.11.2024 | The Fragile Threads of Life and Community: A Reflection on Recent Events | Life is a delicate tapestry. Each thread represents a story, a connection, a moment. Recently, two starkly different narratives emerged from the heart of Asia, both echoing the fragility of existence and the complexities of community. One t... |
| 13.11.2024 | South Korean actor Song Jae-rim dies at the age of 39 | Listen to this article
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| 02.11.2024 | Funeral director, 31, opens up over high-profile cremation mix-up; aims to uphold her granddad's industry legacy | Listen to this article
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| 23.10.2024 | Teenager who killed River Valley High schoolmate with axe loses appeal for shorter jail term | Listen to this article
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| 13.10.2024 | Why depression symptoms come on at night – and how to deal with your bedtime blues | It’s not uncommon for our minds to unleash a torrent of difficult feelings under the cover of darkness: Sadness and negative thoughts may surface at night, making sleep hard to come by.
On social media and elsewhere people often refer to th... |
| 03.10.2024 | Commentary: Suicide is a problem among youths in Singapore. Let’s talk about it | Listen to this article
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| 28.09.2024 | The Shadows of Choice: Navigating the Complexities of Life and Death | In a world where life and death often dance on a razor's edge, recent events have illuminated the stark realities of mental health and the choices surrounding it. Two tragic stories from different corners of the globe reveal the complexitie... |
| 27.09.2024 | Woman found dead with baby showed no signs of suicidal thoughts, but help always available, coroner stresses | Listen to this article
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| 24.09.2024 | Swiss police make arrests after suicide capsule is used for first time | GENEVA: Swiss police said on Tuesday (Sep 24) they arrested several people after a US woman used a controversial suicide pod to end her life.
The space-age looking Sarco capsule, which replaces the oxygen inside it with nitrogen, causing de... |
| 20.09.2024 | The Silent Epidemic: Workplace Bullying and Youth Mental Health | In the shadows of modern society, two pressing issues loom large: workplace bullying and the mental health crisis among youth. Both are silent killers, eroding the fabric of well-being and productivity. The recent tragic death of Dr. Tay Ti... |
| 17.09.2024 | Malaysia’s health minister wants thorough probe into doctor’s death, after family claimed workplace bullying led to her suicide | SINGAPORE: Malaysia’s health minister and medical professionals’ body have called for a thorough probe into the death of a doctor in Sabah after she allegedly killed herself due to workplace bullying.
Dr Tay Tien Yaa, 30, headed the Chemica... |
| 13.09.2024 | Funeral director convicted of assisting ex-boyfriend's suicide, obstructing justice | Listen to this article
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| 12.09.2024 | Jon Bon Jovi helps talk woman down from ledge on Nashville bridge | Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Jon Bon Jovi and a video production assistant persuaded a woman standing on the ledge of a pedestrian bridge in Nashville to come back over the railing to safety.
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| 11.09.2024 | Ground-up initiative proposes national suicide prevention strategy for Singapore | Listen to this article
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| 06.09.2024 | Commentary: To hold Big Tech accountable, focus on the harms | TOKYO: In July, a popular TikTok creator in Malaysia reported to local police that she was being tormented on the platform by users threatening to rape and kill her. A day later, Rajeswary Appahu, better known online as Esha, died by suicid... |
| 17.08.2024 | Why Japan’s youth are lonelier than their elders and even embracing solitude, at great social cost | Listen to this article
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| 14.08.2024 | The Digital Dilemma: Loneliness Among Filipino Youths in a Hyper-Connected World | In the vibrant archipelago of the Philippines, a silent storm brews among its youth. Generation Z, the digital natives, are finding themselves adrift in a sea of loneliness. Despite being the most connected generation in history, they are g... |
| 13.08.2024 | Man got intimate video from woman on dating app but created anonymous accounts to demand more, gets jail | Listen to this article
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| 11.08.2024 | Gen Z Filipinos, the loneliest youths in Southeast Asia, are struggling. This is how and why | Listen to this article
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| 07.08.2024 | The Silent Struggle: Understanding Postpartum Depression and Suicide Prevention | In the shadows of motherhood, a storm brews. The joy of a newborn can quickly turn into a tempest of despair. This was the tragic reality for a woman in Singapore, whose life ended too soon, leaving behind a haunting narrative of stress, po... |
| 06.08.2024 | Woman found dead with baby told loved ones about stress over pumping milk, son's jaundice: Coroner's court | Listen to this article
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| 01.08.2024 | Indonesia to set up national suicide registry as part of prevention efforts | Listen to this article
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| 18.07.2024 | South Korean girl group Kara has a new track featuring late member Goo Hara's voice | Listen to this article
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| 12.07.2024 | 322 suicides reported in Singapore in 2023; lowest in more than 20 years | Listen to this article
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| 11.07.2024 | Second suspect in alleged cyberbullying death of Malaysian influencer Esha arrested | SINGAPORE: A second suspect in the alleged cyberbullying case involving the death of a social media influencer in Malaysia has been arrested and detained, according to local media.
The New Straits Times reported that a man in his forties wa... |
| 09.07.2024 | Death of Malaysian influencer following alleged cyberbullying: Woman arrested as minister warns against negative ‘culture’ | SINGAPORE: Authorities in Malaysia have arrested a woman to facilitate their investigations into the alleged suicide of a social media influencer following online harassment, in a case that has sparked outrage and shone a spotlight on cyber... |
| 01.07.2024 | Teenager who killed River Valley High schoolmate with axe appeals against sentence | Listen to this article
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| 08.06.2024 | Things I would tell my younger self: Irene Ang, actress and Fly Entertainment founder | Listen to this article
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| 18.03.2024 | 'I encouraged him to live on': Funeral director on trial for abetting ex-boyfriend's suicide testifies | Listen to this article
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| 20.02.2024 | Man jailed for trying to kill girlfriend by slashing her, splashing acid while she slept | Listen to this article
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| 07.02.2024 | Man jailed for stealing bag from dead person | Listen to this article
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| 06.02.2024 | SPF went to ‘considerable lengths’ to help late sergeant Uvaraja Gopal through health, family issues: Shanmugam | Listen to this article
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| 06.02.2024 | Police officer suicide: Workplace racism allegations in SPF will be investigated as disciplinary breaches, says Shanmugam | Listen to this article
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| 12.01.2024 | Coroner rules death of 23-year-old NUS graduate misadventure after he was found dead at foot of condo | Listen to this article
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| 08.01.2024 | Norwegian mass killer Breivik in 'deep depression', lawyer tells court | Listen to this article
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| 04.12.2023 | No concerns detected during weekly check-ins with girl who was sexually abused for nearly 3 months: MSF | Listen to this article
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| 01.12.2023 | Teen sentenced to 16 years' jail for killing River Valley High schoolmate with axe | An 18-year-old boy was on Friday (Dec 1) sentenced to 16 years in jail after pleading guilty to killing a fellow River Valley High School student with an axe on campus in 2021. Lauren Ong reports. |
| 29.11.2023 | Girl, 15, killed grandfather in Bukit Batok flat before taking her own life: Coroner's court | Listen to this article
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| 28.11.2023 | Man takes in girl whose father abused her and whose mother killed herself, then sexually assaults her instead | Listen to this article
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| 30.10.2023 | Funeral director accused of abetting ex-boyfriend's suicide was beneficiary in his S$1 million life policy | Listen to this article
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| 28.10.2023 | Captain of Thai football team rescued from flooded cave took his own life at UK school | Listen to this article
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| 11.08.2023 | Coroner returns suicide verdict over police NSF who shot himself | SINGAPORE: A coroner's court on Friday (Aug 11) ruled the death of a full-time police national serviceman a suicide.
Mr Finnegan Tan Yao Jie, 21, was found dead of a gunshot wound in a toilet at the Special Operations Command (SOC) base on ... |
| 01.08.2023 | Angus Cloud, star of TV show Euphoria, dead at 25 | Angus Cloud, cast member of the HBO teen drama series Euphoria, died on Monday (Jul 31) at age 25 just days after the death of his father, his family said in a statement.
Cloud played Fezco, an intense drug dealer with a moral code, in the ... |
| 30.07.2023 | ‘We aren’t safe here’: Why are some Himalayan towns crumbling, and can they be saved? | UTTARAKHAND, India: It was a start to the year that Anjali Rawat and her family did not expect: Having to run for their lives in the middle of the night.
Cracks were appearing in the hotel behind their home in Joshimath town. The hotel wind... |
| 27.07.2023 | Irish singer-songwriter Sinead O’Connor dies at 56 | Sinead O’Connor, the gifted Irish singer-songwriter who became a superstar in her mid-20s and was known as much for her private struggles and provocative actions as for her fierce and expressive music, has died at 56.
“It is with great sadn... |
| 26.07.2023 | ‘I had to be brave’: Clare Shine’s journey back from the brink | Sydney, Australia – As the Republic of Ireland played their first ever Women’s World Cup match on July 20, former Ireland striker Clare Shine was making a defining debut of her own.
Three years and a month to the day since her second attemp... |
| 21.07.2023 | A silent emergency: The rise in suicides among UK doctors | Warning: This story contains details about suicide that some readers may find disturbing. If you or a loved one is experiencing suicidal thoughts, help and support are available. Visit Befrienders Worldwide for more information about suppor... |
| 12.07.2023 | Commentary: Male friendships more crucial than ever amid growing mental health challenges | SINGAPORE: With growing concerns over mental health and a recent rise in the number of suicide cases in Singapore, the need for a greater culture of care and help-seeking is more urgent.
Strikingly, the number of men who ended their lives i... |
| 09.07.2023 | What a mother who lost her son to suicide has to say to other parents | SINGAPORE: Weeks before Paul Ko took his own life aged 23, he had told his mother that he was on the path to recovery and seeking help for mental health issues.
Two years on, the grief of losing him has not abated. Alicia Lim said she reali... |
| 05.07.2023 | Commentary: Mental health education - what more can we do for our children? | SINGAPORE: Suicides in Singapore rose by 26 per cent last year to their highest level in more than 20 years. Of the 476 suicide deaths last year, 34 were youths aged 10 to 19, according to latest data from the Samaritans of Singapore (SOS) ... |
| 05.07.2023 | Chinese-American singer Coco Lee dies aged 48 | SINGAPORE: Chinese-American singer-songwriter Coco Lee died on Wednesday (Jul 5) after attempting suicide over the weekend, according to her family.
In an Instagram post, Ms Lee's sisters Nancy and Carol Lee said the 48-year-old had been su... |
| 01.07.2023 | 476 suicides reported in Singapore in 2022; highest in more than 20 years | SINGAPORE: A total of 476 suicides were reported in Singapore last year, the highest number in more than 20 years, the Samaritans of Singapore (SOS) said on Saturday (Jul 1).
The number of suicides last year was a "concerning rise"... |
| 25.06.2023 | This 48-year-old single mum with schizophrenia is a delivery food rider and a mental health ambassador | The first time I heard voices in my head, I was 19. It was 1994 and I was studying business administration at Singapore Polytechnic (SP). I didn’t know it at that time, but it was a sign of schizophrenia.
As part of my co-curricular activit... |
| 23.05.2023 | Man who killed himself after sexual misconduct allegations not given fair hearing by debate association: Judge | SINGAPORE: A High Court judge on Tuesday (May 23) awarded a partial legal victory to the father of a man who killed himself after sexual misconduct allegations led to disciplinary action by a local debate organisation.
Mr Lucas Li Guangshen... |
| 12.05.2023 | She created a refuge for abused teenage girls that feels like a real home: 'They have gone through so much' | When you mention a girls’ home, many people immediately think of problem kids or offenders.
“Why are you there? What have you done?” These are the sort of questions and snap judgement that many of the teenage girls at Gladiolus Place face.
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| 01.05.2023 | Stephen ‘tWitch’ Boss’ widow Allison Holker granted half of late husband’s estate | The widow of Stephen ‘tWitch’ Boss’, Allison Holker, has been granted half her late husband’s estate.
The Ellen DeGeneres Show’ co-executive producer died by suicide aged 40 on December 13, 2022, without a will, prompting Holker to file a p... |
| 20.04.2023 | K-pop girl group Billlie temporarily halts activities following death of Astro's Moonbin | K-pop girl group Billlie has cancelled its activities for the week, following the death of Astro's Moonbin – the older brother of Billlie member Moon Sua. This was announced by the group's agency, Mystic Story, on Thursday (Apr 20).
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| 20.04.2023 | Moonbin of K-pop group Astro dead at 25, music label confirms | K-pop star Moonbin, a member of the boy band Astro, has died at the age of 25, his music label Fantagio announced on Thursday (Apr 20).
Local media, citing the police, reported that Moonbin had been found unresponsive on Wednesday evening i... |
| 23.03.2023 | This stay-at-home-dad of two gave up his job to support his wife’s dream of succeeding as a hawker | “I can fulfil any role that a mother can, except breastfeed.” This was one of the things that struck me about my conversation with Kris Tan, a 41-year-old stay-at-home-dad.
Over the years, I have heard many women declare that they can do wh... |
| 11.03.2023 | 'When I help people, I'm also healing': The Samaritans behind a new suicide recovery support group | SINGAPORE: When Cath (not her real name) was attempting to take her own life slightly more than a year ago, she never thought she would one day be the person encouraging others to open up about suicide.
The 22-year-old is an “encourager” in... |
| 22.02.2023 | New clinical guidelines in Singapore target maternal depression, a growing public health concern | Singapore’s healthcare system has responded to the growing public health concern of maternal depression with the launch of its first clinical guidelines on perinatal mental health.
The guidelines, unveiled by Senior Minister of State for He... |
| 01.02.2023 | Police NSF who died from gunshot wound lost about S$10,000 in job scam: Coroner's court | SINGAPORE: A full-time police national serviceman who died of a gunshot wound to his head at the Special Operations Command (SOC) base lost about S$10,000 in a job scam, a coroner's court heard on Wednesday (Feb 1).
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| 17.01.2023 | Retiree admits causing Tampines flat fire by dropping lit cigarette on kerosene-covered floor | SINGAPORE: A retiree pleaded guilty on Tuesday (Jan 17) to dropping a lit cigarette on a kerosene-covered floor, sparking a fire that spread to other parts of his Tampines flat and costing the town council about S$20,000 in repairs.
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| 04.01.2023 | How we remember them: Celebrating the life of a friend who died | Warning: This story contains references to suicide. If you or a loved one is experiencing suicidal thoughts, help is available. Visit Befrienders Worldwide for more information.
New Orleans, United States – Luke Crowther’s friendship with S... |
| 19.12.2022 | 'Could I have prevented it?': When the ripple effect of a suicide extends beyond the family | SINGAPORE: Science teacher Grace Das knows it is a myth that lightning does not strike the same place twice.
After all, in her 20-year teaching career, she has known two students who died by suicide – a tragedy she believes is more common t... |
| 18.10.2022 | In an ageing Thai society, mental health issues plague seniors | BANGKOK: Depression has come to be one of the main illnesses plaguing seniors in a rapidly ageing society in Thailand.
However, conversations about mental health among the aged society remain less prevalent than they need to be.
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| 16.10.2022 | Cost of living: A couple’s move from tent to apartment | Warning: This story contains references to suicide. If you or a loved one is experiencing suicidal thoughts, help is available. Visit Befrienders International for more information.
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| 10.10.2022 | Commentary: Conversations with a 69-year-old man showed me the despair among elderly who self-harm | SINGAPORE: Growing up, it was not uncommon to notice cuts on the wrists of my schoolmates. Some even posted about it online.
A popular music video at the time - featured a teenage girl and her struggles with school, friends and parents - sh... |
| 09.10.2022 | Illness, isolation and suicidal thoughts: Hong Kong’s senior caregivers struggle through COVID-19 | HONG KONG: There’s a short flight of steps leading to their house.
But to 73-year-old Pun Sum Wing, it takes some effort getting his wife, a wheelchair user, around. So he built a wooden ramp, complete with rubber strips, to wheel her in an... |
| 09.10.2022 | From Moulmein-Cairnhill to Somerset, initiatives in Singapore aim to improve mental health among different age groups | SINGAPORE: On the outset, the elderly who make up most of the Moulmein-Cairnhill estate appear to have many friends, stopping to catch up with long-time neighbours and waving at children.
But their actions may belie their struggles.
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| 08.10.2022 | Elderly self-harm a growing concern; SOS sees slight increase in crisis calls over past year | SINGAPORE: Almost every night, as he lay on his bed hoping to fall asleep, he would struggle with thoughts of dying alone in his one-bedroom flat.
Attempts to ignore the disturbing noise in his head were futile, recalled 69-year-old Mr Wong... |
| 08.10.2022 | 'The convincer': One man in Japan has made it his job to convince social recluses to seek mental health treatment | TOKYO: Mr Takeshi Oshikawa follows an unconventional method when it comes to helping people who suffer from social withdrawal syndrome and other mental disorders.
The 54-year-old calls himself “the convincer”. His clients are mostly people ... |
| 07.10.2022 | Living in limbo and fearing arrest, refugees in Malaysia in pressing need of help for their mental health | KUALA LUMPUR: May Thay Kyin was just six years old when her family fled Myanmar.
She’s been living in Malaysia for more than a decade now. But like many other refugees in the country, May still feels like an unwelcome guest.
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| 07.10.2022 | Businesses move to capture lucrative mental wellness market, as more workers face burnout | SINGAPORE: One would not expect to get some kind of therapy from a bouldering gym.
But at Project Send, a new bouldering gym situated within The Esplanade Mall, the coaches focus on building mental resilience and self-confidence in their cl... |
| 06.10.2022 | More Singaporeans keen to learn about mental health and seek help | SINGAPORE: Singaporeans are becoming more open to learning about and seeking help for mental health, experts said.
However, misconceptions surrounding the topic remain prevalent, they said.
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| 06.10.2022 | China's COVID-19 curbs put spotlight on youth mental health | BEIJING: Psychological counsellor Zhang Mingguo chose to solely focus on working with children and youth six years ago, at a time when awareness of mental health issues in the young was low.
The 51-year-old Shanghai-based therapist, who has... |
| 20.09.2022 | Woman with schizophrenia acquitted of murdering her 8-year-old daughter on grounds of unsound mind | SINGAPORE: A woman suffering from untreated schizophrenia listened to voices telling her that her eight-year-old daughter was an evil spirit and needed to be killed.
She stabbed her daughter to death in front of her younger daughter, who wa... |
| 19.09.2022 | Police officer found with gunshot wound at Bayfront Avenue believed to have fired three shots, the third to his head: SPF | SINGAPORE: The Singapore Police Force (SPF) officer who was found with a gunshot wound at 1 Bayfront Avenue and later pronounced dead was believed to have fired three shots, said the police on Monday (Sep 19) evening.
“The officer had repor... |
| 10.09.2022 | SOS launches 24-hour WhatsApp service to help people in distress | SINGAPORE: Suicide is the leading cause of death for young people aged between 10 and 29 in Singapore. Last year, 378 people took their own lives – nearly a third were in that age group.
This is one of the reasons the Samaritans of Singapor... |
| 08.09.2022 | Long COVID's link to suicide: Scientists warn of hidden crisis | CHICAGO: Scott Taylor never got to move on from COVID-19.
The 56-year-old, who caught the disease in spring 2020, still had not recovered about 18 months later when he killed himself at his home near Dallas, having lost his health, memory a... |
| 19.10.2021 | UK building safety crisis: ‘We are at breaking point’ | Finally, after years of hard work and saving, I had done it. In late 2017, I purchased a one-bed flat, and it was a dream come true. But this dream did not last long. It soon crumbled into a horrific nightmare. A nightmare where I am at ris... |
| 27.09.2021 | UK universal credit cut: ‘We don’t know how we will survive’ | I am fast approaching 60 and I have been disabled for many years now.
I have Ehlers-Danlos syndrome (EDS) type IV – a debilitating genetic connective tissue disorder – as well as osteoarthritis, arthritis, sleep apnea, asthma and many other... |
| 10.09.2021 | No suicide spike during lockdowns, but experts say threat remains | London, United Kingdom – In the north London neighbourhood of Finsbury Park, a four-storey terraced, brick house sits on a quiet street around the corner from a row of bridal shops.
Inside, it is calm and tidy, with cacti and jade plants do... |
| 22.10.2020 | TikTok rolls out a new notification system for content removals | TikTok says it has rolled out a new notification system to users worldwide that will offer more clarity around content removals. The system, which had been in testing for a few months ahead of its global release, informs a TikTok user when ... |
| 12.08.2013 | In Wake Of Teen Suicides, Ask.fm Faces A “Myspace” Problem | The teenage brain is not fully developed, say scientists. Specifically, the part of the brain called the frontal lobe, which houses judgment, insight, dampening of emotions, and impulse control. This is relevant in a discussion about buildi... |
| 20.06.2013 | Over A Year After New Content Policies, “Self-Harm Social Media” Still Thrives | About a year and a half ago, just in time for National Eating Disorders Awareness Week, Tumblr took a hard stance against blogs on its network that encouraged “self harm.” This includes those that glorify or promote anorexia, bulimia, and o... |
| - | ‘No hope’: Suicides on the rise in northwestern Syria | Warning: This story contains descriptions of suicide. If you or a loved one is experiencing suicidal thoughts, help and support are available. Visit Befrienders International for more information about support services.
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| - | A letter to … my brother, who died before I was born | Dear Gerry,
My first memory of you was on an Easter Sunday after church. I am wearing my blue dress with the white lace collar, the one I wore in the picture when we visited Uncle George, which means I am six years old. There is a cold bree... |
| - | Country music star Naomi Judd died of self-inflicted gunshot wound, family say | Naomi Judd, matriarch of the country music duo the Judds, died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound a day before being inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame, her family said on Thursday (May 12).
Judd, 76, suffered from mental illness, ... |
| - | Navigating my teen’s mental health crisis as a single parent | The day after Alex came home from hospital, they found a crow on the ground.
It was a warm mid-June day in Montana. The school year was finally over – 10th grade for Alex, and sixth for Talia.
It was in early March of 2019 when Alex was adm... |
| - | Crazy Rich Asians’ Constance Wu reveals she attempted suicide after Twitter backlash | Actress Constance Wu, known for her lead roles in box-office hits Crazy Rich Asians and Hustlers, posted a lengthy heartfelt statement on social media, revealing her suicide attempt after receiving backlash for a series of tweets she wrote ... |
| - | Former history teacher jailed 15 months for sexually exploiting student who later committed suicide | SINGAPORE: A 46-year-old man was sentenced to 15 months' jail on Tuesday (May 24) for sexually exploiting a student while working as a history teacher in a secondary school, reported TODAY.
The former teacher pleaded guilty in the State Cou... |
| - | More pain than happiness during therapy, but I hung on, says one youth. Here’s why you should too | SINGAPORE: Mental health stigma is still a major barrier to seeking help, although more youths and other survivors are bravely sharing their stories to break the silence.
It’s why I documented my experiences and treatment for complex post-t... |
| - | The Big Read: Everyone's keen to move on from the pandemic. For some, it's not so easy – but they're trying | SINGAPORE: After more than two years of enduring the pain and strain wrought by the coronavirus, life on the island has finally regained some semblance of normalcy.
In his address to the nation on Mar 24, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong anno... |
| - | ‘I thought about quitting school’: Pandemic takes a toll on Indonesia undergraduates as depression cases rise | BANDUNG, Indonesia: Suryo (not his real name) used to believe that he was a bright student.
He was the first in his family to go to college and the first in his village to get accepted to a top university in the outskirts of Jakarta, 350km ... |
| - | Commentary: How many of those with mental health conditions were caregivers themselves? | SINGAPORE: In June, a woman wearing a skincare face mask was captured on a livestream kicking a couple’s food.
The Jun 28 incident, originally streamed live on the Twitch platform, spread like wildfire on social media. One TikTok recut of t... |
| - | Police officer jailed for sending harassing messages to teenager he was investigating | SINGAPORE: A police officer who was investigating a teenager for attempted suicide asked for her phone number and went on to send her harassing text messages over the next 18 days.
He questioned the 19-year-old on who she was meeting, when ... |
| - | More youths seeking help with mental health - but finding it isn’t always easy | SINGAPORE: After making it through secondary school without any close friends, introverted teenager Poh Zhi Nan vowed to “be a new person” at junior college.
He said ‘hi’ to everyone, went out with different people. But like any teen search... |
| - | Can supplements really help with depression or anxiety? | St John’s wort “promotes a positive mood". Valerian root reduces “levels of anxiety and stress". Lavender oil is “calming for body and mind".
If you are among the tens of millions of people in the United States who suffer fro... |
| - | Certis CISCO made improvements to firearms return procedures after officer's suicide in 2020 | SINGAPORE: After a Certis CISCO officer took his own life in 2020, the security firm improved its procedures for tracking issued firearms and ensuring their timely return, a coroner's inquiry has found.
In coroner's findings made available ... |
