People who have recovered from mental illness still live under the shadow of stigma, according to one Hong Kong woman with first-hand experience of the condition. “The pressure is invisible. You don't know how others look …
Category Archives: Depression
Breaking point: Hong Kong's overburdened mental health care …
Waiting times for mental health treatment are the longest of all the specialist services offered in the public health system. The longest waiting time among the seven hospital districts now stands at 166 weeks, or more than three …
Days of Chalk and Chocolate: Postpartum Depression: My Story
Today's post will not be about the usual homemaking topics but it is a topic that I feel so strongly about. I'd like to share my story about living through postpartum depression. I'm laying it all out so that maybe someone will …
Study suggests there should be a shift in focus in cognitive …
It's almost five decades since Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT) was first recognized as a way to treat depression. CBT is a now a commonly used treatment for depression, anxiety, psychosis and other conditions.
Gender Wage Gap and Depression/Anxiety
The use of psychiatric terminology (“major depressive disorder” and “generalized anxiety disorder”) constitutes something of a barrier to communication here, but the general message is clear: people (in this case women) who …