Tag: Mental health
Call for unity over mental health in Fiji amid covid-19 virus...
By Christine Rovoi, RNZ Pacific Journalist
A Fijian psychologist is calling on people in Fiji to work together to tackle issues associated with mental health...
Covid survey shows high anxiety and depression among Asian Kiwis
By Liu Chen, RNZ News reporter
The covid-19 coronavirus pandemic and subsequent lockdown has been tough on the mental wellbeing of Asian New Zealanders, according...
Coronavirus: 5 ways to manage your news consumption in times of...
ANALYSIS: By Mark Pearson of Griffith University
Thousands of employees internationally are already working from home in COVID-19 self-isolation because of their recent travel, related...
Hidden women of history: Australian undercover journalist in hospitals
By Kerrie Davies and Willa McDonald in Sydney
In 1886, a year before American journalist Nellie Bly feigned insanity to enter an asylum in New...
Amnesty welcomes school climate strikes, warns ‘truant’ governments
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk
Amnesty International today warned that the failure of governments to tackle climate change could amount to the greatest inter-generational human rights...
How a talented bone carver fuses tikanga, art and wellbeing
By Irra Lee
Tikanga-based mahi toi and mental wellbeing come together in an Auckland artist’s work with pounamu and bone.
Maha Tomo, of Ngai Tahu, Rangitane,...
BDS activists reject Israeli fine, raise $33,000 for Gaza stress health
Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk
Two New Zealand activists have raised thousands of dollars through crowdfunding after an Israeli court fined them for their role in...
Loss of MSF mental health carers from Nauru heightens fears for...
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk
Health and human rights advocates fear the mental ill-health of refugees on Nauru could worsen following the Pacific government's move to...
Fiji tackles another ‘depression’ leading to young suicides
Fiji is still facing a major challenge to deal with suicide cases, especially of young children, reports Ami Dhabuwala of Asia-Pacific Journalism from Suva.
Fiji...
Bougainville faces mental health issues legacy from the civil war
Edited extracts from a report by the Health Medicine Network published on PNG Attitude.
Estimates of the number of war deaths attributable to the Bougainville...