Have you been through a panic or an anxiety attack? Have you seen someone go through one? If you have then what I am about to share is as stale as last week’s news but if you haven’t, then hold…
General Enquiries “Sir, how are you today?” That is one of the conversation starters used by some doctors in the clinic when meeting their chronic patients who came for follow up treatments. A simple enquiry like that can induce a…
In 2014, a break out news was published by Malaysia local reporters claimed that 1 out of 100 populations in Malaysia were diagnosed with Schizophrenia. This statistical report revealed the reality of mental health among Malaysians, whereby it is a…
Dewa belantara dan panic disorder Dewa Pan yang hidup di pedalaman Arcadia adalah tuhan tradisi mitos Greek. Dewa belantara dan gembalaan ini disifatkan sebagai dewa yang cool(apa yang coolnya kalau bertanduk dan berkaki kambing?) dan digilai bidadari/dewi-dewi cantik (bayangkan peminat…
Adolescent and young adults these days are facing numerous challenges while growing up in today’s fast paced world. The transition from being a carefree teenager to adulthood can be exciting or stressful at the same time. Some are fighting to…
KUALA LUMPUR, SEPTEMBER 24 2018 – The SpeakSpace project, a social enterprise founded by a group of youths as part of an initiative by the Youth Leadership Academy 2018 by McKinsey & Company, with The Malaysian Medical Gazette as one…
The general rule of treatment and management of psychiatric conditions, including maintenance of mental health, is the need for an established framework of pharmacology and psychotherapy. In many parts of the world, this framework includes non-human interaction. Two areas of…
Mental illness has been recognized since prehistoric times and has been dealt with by various methods. Archaeological findings reveal skulls with holes bored in them, possibly as a means to release demons. The ancient Greek physician Hippocrates attributed mental illness…
It is already 2015 and yet many still are clueless regarding mental health issues. The World Mental Health Day is celebrated on October the 10th each year. This celebration was first initiated in 1992 as an initiative of the World Federation…
O-C-D, three alphabets that means a lot to a few people but is a common enough acronym to an even wider group of people. The alphabets stand for obsessive compulsive disorder, a condition that is not as well understood as…