OUR discipline and behavior impact our mental health. Just like getting used to not eating what is healthy for our body, or to not heeding our parents’ sage advice, our mind could also be auto-programmed by chronic exposure to bad environment to accept undisciplined and anti-social behaviors as a norm. This screws up our mental health.
The 28-year-old woman who performed a Cesarean section on herself was declared in stable condition two days after her bizarre act of abortion, but will be subjected to psychiatric evaluation prior to the filing of formal charges.
The physical condition of a woman who performed a Caesarean section on herself has stabilized but she has to be subjected to a psychiatric evaluation to ascertain her mental state.
A MAN who climbed a tree and stayed there for seven hours caused a two-hour traffic in Natalio Bacalso Avenue, Cebu City, yesterday.
Police arrested a man believed to be mentally disturbed after he threatened to burn down the Kalibo International Airport on Wednesday evening.
A man believed to be mentally disturbed killed five of his relatives and wounded another in a hacking frenzy in the municipality of Numancia in Aklan early Saturday morning, police said.
Senator Miriam Defensor-Santiago cried foul on Tuesday over the alleged attempt by her enemies to use her mental health condition to force her out of the impeachment trial of Chief Justice Renato Corona.
The United Nations has called attention to the need for mental health care for survivors of the horrific flash floods spawned by Tropical Storm Sendong.
A Quezon City court has allowed the 25-year-old housewife who killed her husband inside a mall months ago, to undergo another check-up at the National Center for Mental Health on Wednesday to see if she can stand trial.
The 11-year-old Grade 5 pupil, who was implicated in the September 15 death of his 10-year-old classmate inside their classroom, has been spared from liability in a complaint filed by the victim’s parents against the principal and a supervising teacher of a Baguio elementary school, the Inquirer learned. The older boy has been transferred to [...]
The National Center for Mental Health in Mandaluyong City had nearly 60,000 outpatients in 2010. The center also had a daily average of 2,971 in-patients in the same year.—Schatzi Quodala, Inquirer Research
Health groups are aiming to gather a million signatures in their bid to block the sale of a government property in Mandaluyong City which houses the National Mental Health Center and the Correctional Institute for Women. The group Alliance of Health Workers Inc. and the workers’ association of the mental hospital staged a rally in [...]
