2021年10月16日
Brian Wong
EJ Insight
We Need an Honest Conversation about Mental Health
October 10, 2021 was World Mental Health Awareness Day.
That we opt to "remember" or – dare I say – ritualise – our understanding and attention paid to mental health awareness is a welcome first step. Yet a day of commemoration, of remembrance, or, indeed, of transient conversations, is by no means enough. It's high time that we had an honest conversation about mental health.
In particular, for a city where studies have shown that one in seven Hong Kongers is likely to experience mental health issues of some sorts throughout their lifetimes, and with a mental health index score of 46.41 in 2019 (the par/passing score was 52), the plights confronting individuals suffering from mental health issues are neither acceptable at large, nor – in Hong Kong's case in particular – something we'd expect from a city as highly developed as ours. ...
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