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How Brexit Could Affect People with Anxiety Disorders in the UK

It would be unwise to underestimate the impact of Brexit might have on the psyche of Britain's young people who are already drowning in the quicksand of their predecessors' debt.

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Hong Kong children wait more than a year for mental health treatment as list increases to 27,000

School children with mental health problems are waiting more than two thirds longer for treatment at public clinics than two years ago, it has been revealed.

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Headaches, trembling hands, poor sleep, feeling worthless: Hong Kong's middle-class mental health crisis

Headaches, trembling hands, poor sleep, feeling worthless: Hong Kong’s middle-class mental health crisis

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APD Campus Reporters| HK's "vote-planting" triggers debate on suffrage of mental handicapped people

Several media recently reported cases of vote-rigging involving mental handicapped voters in Hong Kong. These cases provoke the intense discussion about Hong Kong mental handicapped people's legal suffrage among local mental handicapped people, social workers and other citizens.

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Cases of severe mental distress 400 pct higher in Australia's detention centers

​People held in Australia's onshore and offshore detention centers are four times more likely to suffer mental distress compared to the general population, local media reported on Tuesday.

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Aust'n state in world-first trial to assist police deal with mental health sufferers

In a two-year world-first trial, Western Australian (WA) police and mental health workers will join forces to provide better help to mental health sufferers -- while reducing the time police spend on this growing problem.

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Psychiatrist links smog, depression

Mental health experts want more research done on how periods of serious pollution can cause "the smog blues."

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China reaches out to the mentally impaired

China has promised better treatment for mental illness and to expand medical aid to more patients, many of whom have been neglected until the troubled turn troublemaker.

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With age comes better understanding of social signals

Neuroscientists have discovered an unexpected benefit of getting older, which is, a more nuanced understanding of social signals, such as the age of others, according to a new British study published on Friday.

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UN chief urges efforts to support youth with mental health conditions

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki- moon on Tuesday called for wide-raging efforts to raise awareness about the importance of investing in and supporting young people with mental health conditions.

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Fire in Russia's mental hospital kills at least 36

A big fire broke out in a mental hospital in Russia's Moscow region early Friday, killing at least 36 people, the Russian emergency department said.

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China to strengthen mental health education

China's Ministry of Education on Monday urged more efforts to provide qualified mental health education and services to students in primary and middle schools.