By Nabilah Mohammad COVID-19 VACCINATION IN SINGAPORE Ever since Singapore kicked off its national vaccination programme for COVID-19, more than 4 million Singaporeans and long-term residents have been fully vaccinated, with more than 8 million doses administered as...
Misunderstood Minds: Living with Mental Illness
By Nabilah Mohammad Disorders of the mind are among the most misunderstood and can have a devastating impact on a person's quality of life. According to the latest nationwide study spearheaded by the Institute of Mental Health in 2016, 1 in 7 people in Singapore has...
The Porous USB: Memory & Cognition
By Nabilah Mohammad Can’t find your keys? Forget what you had for breakfast? Walked into a room and forgot why you went there? You are not alone. Everyone forgets things occasionally. Memory lapses can be frustrating, and most of the time these cognition glitches are...
Family, bomohs and why mentally-ill aren’t seeking help
By Acmad Toquero Macarimbang Culturally-appropriate tools and informal support networks are lacking here, with the medical scene overshadowed by Western psychiatry While treating mental disorders is in itself a challenge, encouraging access to the treatments has...