Hiya! Welcome back to Healthy Mentality! In our last blog post we discussed the devastating news about Ellen Joyce and her battle with mental health. For us, this post was extremely difficult to write, as the thought of another individual feeling so helpless is tragic. We have mentioned on numerous occasions, our goal at H.M … Continue reading Hong Kong celebrities shared the mental health stories
A remarkable woman, the tragic passing of Ellen Joyce Loo is another tragic reminder about the importance of discussing mental health. After suffering from bipolar disorder for a number of years, the singer’s personal struggles with mental illness became overwhelming and was the cause behind her death. Loo’s story confirms professional help or medication isn’t … Continue reading Ellen Joyce Loo’s Death: A Sad News from Hong Kong
Hi, all! Our survey results indicate the majority of our Hong Kong students (72.97 %) relieve their stress through music. As we approach our final weeks, we recognise student's stress levels may be escalating from heavy workloads. We, therefore, would like to recommend a playlist featuring Cantonese, Mandarin and English songs for you to listen … Continue reading Our Playlist Recommendation
Hey there! In the spirit of Stress-Less Week and our communities’ love for film, we would like to recommend one of our favourites- ‘Mad World’. Extremely relevant to our cause, this dramatic tale addresses the variety of social issues experienced in Hong Kong. The protagonist, Tung (Shawn Yue) struggles to overcome the misconceptions surrounding … Continue reading Movie Recommendation – Mad World (一念無明)
As we approach October 10th (World Mental Health Day), the H.M. team would like to take this opportunity to share some real stories that may give you some insights about how international students feel when studying at UNSW. Yunyi Li Age: 22 Degree: Media (Public Relations & Advertising) Grade: Year 3 International student: studying and … Continue reading INTERVIEWING OUR INTERNATIONAL STUDENT (Part 2/2)!
At Healthy Mentality we are dedicated to the wellbeing of our students. To successfully write relevant content our community finds helpful, it was essential our team learnt more about the personal hardships our Hong Kong students endure. Thankfully, two courageous students shared their personal experiences with mental health, through two separate one-on-one interviews. We encourage … Continue reading Interviewing our international student (Part 1/2 )!
The H.M team would firstly like to thank all students who have participated in our survey so far! Your participation and opinions provide us with a greater insight into topics that would be of interest to our audience. So far, our results have indicated an alarming 83.8% of UNSW's Hong Kong students are oblivious … Continue reading UNSW’s Mental Health Services
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