mental health

Mental health news covering services, access, research and public policy, with reporting on well-being, social pressures and support in Cyprus and abroad.

Opinion

When schizophrenia becomes a slogan

Professor Kyriakos Veresies, a neurologist and psychiatrist who chairs the Department of Social and Behavioural Sciences at Philips University...
Opinion

The psychological dangers of AI chatbots

Chatbots have rapidly become part of our daily lives, offering undeniable benefits. They help students and researchers find sources,...
Economy

In Cyprus, workplace counselling is scarce, the stress is not

The island reports less access to psychological support at work than the European Union average, even as workers describe...
Opinion

The torn canvas of the soul

“Among the serious mental illnesses, psychosis is perhaps one of the most severe forms of psychological suffering,” writes psychoanalytic...
Local

Psychologist body reports unregistered psychological services to state school pupils

The Cyprus Psychologists’ Association has made public a complaint that an external associate at a state school is allegedly...
Op-eds

The Magnetism of Love

By Guru Rajesh Ananda We spend so much of our lives searching for love. But what if love is not...
Op-eds

Have we forgotten how to be unhappy?

Why learning to live with distress may be as important as learning to get rid of it! By Guru Rajesh...
World

Eight USS Abraham Lincoln sailors attempted suicide, Navy secretary says

Eight sailors from the USS Abraham Lincoln carrier strike group attempted suicide during its lengthy deployment, Acting Navy Secretary...
Local

Police psychological support branch logs 114 cases in five years

Justice Minister Costas Fytiris said 114 police officers had turned to the force's psychological support branch of their own...
Opinion

Trauma, memory and the future

I sat down with neurologist-psychiatrist Dr Kyriakos Veresies to talk about psychological trauma in the Cyprus problem. We discussed...
Local

Autism patients stuck in psychiatric hospital as communities reject homes

MPs on the parliamentary Health Committee heard that communities are resisting new mental health facilities, that confusion remains over...
Local

Police move children in mental health crisis between cities

Children experiencing mental health crises in Cyprus are being driven between cities by patrol car to get the care...
Local

Police union: patrol cars ‘covered in blood’ from mental health call-outs

A police union spokesman told parliament's Health Committee that procedures for handling mental health patients in Cyprus resemble those...
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