Being gay is not a disease
By Queena N. Lee-ChuaMy colleague and friend Regina Hechanova, the president of the Psychological Association of the Philippines (PAP), alerted me to an article on “Being Gay” that came out in another newspaper.
My colleague and friend Regina Hechanova, the president of the Psychological Association of the Philippines (PAP), alerted me to an article on “Being Gay” that came out in another newspaper.
The grandchildren of Reynaldo Momay, one of the victims of the Maguindanao massacre, have learned to love “Unsay” even though it is the nickname of the principal suspect in the grisly mass murder that snuffed out the life of their grandfather and those of 57 other people three years ago on Friday.
Last week, we looked at five of this year’s Metrobank Foundation Outstanding Teachers, who teach mathematics and science.
The Executive Committee of the Judicial and Bar Council (JBC) will meet to discuss, among others, the possibility of abolishing the psychology and psychiatric examination as part of the requirements for aspirants to the judiciary and the Office of the Ombudsman.
Psychologist Kimberly Young is best known for her Internet Addiction Test, used worldwide by therapists. But she has also come up with variants, such as the Quiz for Obsessive Online Gaming, which appears on her site www.netaddiction.com.
Amid controversy about the psychological examination requirement for aspiring chief magistrate of the Supreme Court, Senator Franklin Drilon welcomed it but said that all top government officials be required to undergo the test.
President Benigno Aquino III has no psychiatric or psychological records to present to anyone, a Malacañang spokesperson said Saturday.
HONG KONG – A Hong Kong psychiatrist who claims homosexuals can be “cured” defended his role Sunday, after he was hired to train government counsellors in a move that outraged gay rights activists. Critics said it could be the world’s first government-sponsored session on gay conversion therapy. But psychiatrist Hong Kwai-wah said his three-and-a-half hour [...]
GONGJU – Choi Hyun-Min loses all track of time when he sits down to play computer games, but the sessions usually last at least 10 hours. Choi (not his real name) is among hundreds of thousands officially considered to be Internet addicts in South Korea, one of the world’s most wired nations. Now the 16-year-old [...]
