Mental health

Are you ‘triggered’ or just upset?

Experts say the overuse of the word "trigger" can undermine the experiences of people with a history of trauma or mental health disorders.

Young people who faced childhood adversities like abuse more likely to struggle at work: Study

Young Singaporean workers who experienced childhood abuse, substance exposure or poverty may have a poorer sense of job security and less optimism, a study shows.

Peer support network for domestic workers in S’pore grows as mental health stigma persists

Care Sisters members Catherine Gonzaga Suarez (far left) and Eni Wijayanti (second from left) speaking to domestic workers from Myanmar on May 3.

Stressed by conflicts with employer, domestic worker found relief through animal therapy

Philippine domestic worker Beverly Tamiao Gomez had joined CDE upon friends’ recommendations in 2019.

Haitian woman's death after ICE release ruled homicide by medical examiner

The secret to healthy ageing isn’t keeping busy. It’s finding your ‘rhythm’

Does keeping busy keep you young? Not necessarily, say the writers.

Inside a China ‘fat camp’: Singapore woman shares her 2-week experience

Singaporean interior designer Alexis Tan, 32, recently attended a 14-day fat camp in Shenzhen.

Looksmaxxing: When the quest for masculine perfection goes awry

Braden Peters, better known as Clavicular, has gained notoriety for the extraordinary lengths to which he goes in pursuit of his idea of physical perfection.

We need to close the gap between Singapore’s mental health goals and reality

Singapore has spent the better part of the last decade trying to convince people that mental health matters.

Boys and girls show different depressive symptoms tied to early brain development: A*STAR-led study

The finding suggests that researchers may need to examine mental vulnerabilities earlier in childhood.

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