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arrow Mental health milestones

5-11-2009
EARLY 1800s: The earliest asylum established in Penang.
1862: Sepoy Lines Institution in Singapore set up.
1898: The “Pauper Hospital” in Kuala Lumpur admits patients who are mentally ill.

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arrow Not your usual mental asylum

  5-11-2009
Find out how the country’s largest mental institution is leading the charge in raising the quality of mental health care in Malaysia.
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arrow Returning troops hit by alcohol abuse, depression

5-11-2009
Alcohol abuse and depression are common among British troops returning from conflict deployments in Iraq and Afghanistan but post traumatic stress is less of a problem than previously thought, researchers said on Friday
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arrow Mind your GP

  26-10-2009
Equipping local clinics with the skills to detect and manage mental disorders might be the best way to cope with the increasing demand for psychiatric help.
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arrow Web surfing boosts older people’s brain function

21-10-2009
Web surfing boosts the brain function of middle-aged and seniors with little Internet experience, say scientists at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), according to China's Xinhua news agency.
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arrow Learning from Harvard minds

  21-10-2009
Four nominees have been shortlisted for the Mahadevan Travelling Fellowship and one of them will be selected for a one-month study at the Medical School, Massachusetts General Hospital at Harvard University.
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