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Mental health
The latest mental health news including well-being, depression, mindfulness and mental health resources.
Unlike deep thinking, overthinking is an aimless, destructive cycle driven by negative, repetitive thoughts that offer no resolution. However, there are self-help techniques to stop the feedback loop. Photo: Getty Images
Wellness

What is overthinking? How to recognise it and stop the feedback loop

More than just ‘thinking hard’, overthinking is a destructive cognitive trap driven by negative, repetitive thoughts. Here’s how to stop it.

US, Israel war on Iran

Iran war: Trump dismisses concerns over conditions on USS Abraham Lincoln

Icons and Influencers

How classical dancer Patricia Zhou stopped chasing perfection – interview

Hong Kong society

Letters | 5-year plan must take mental health seriously for the economy’s sake

Readers discuss why mental health ought to be positioned as a strategic asset, and how the city is well-placed to build health resilience for the world’s most impoverished.

People fill the streets in Kwun Tong at lunchtime. In driving economic innovation, the protection of human capital, and mental health, is strategic. Photo: Dickson Lee
Education in Hong Kong

Letters | For better mental health, help students connect and build inclusive empathy

Readers discuss how to tackle Hong Kong’s youth mental health crisis from the ground up, and a new chapter for the city.

Food and Drinks

She’s both a baker and a psychologist, creating recipes to make your life better

Helen Goh talks about combining the two sides of her life in her cookbook ‘Baking and the Meaning of Life’, which won a James Beard award.

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Crime

Lawyer probes psychiatrist’s care before Lindsay Clancy killed her children

The lawyer highlighted Jennifer Tufts’ use of short video calls with little time for therapy, implying the doctor was a box-checking ‘robot’.

Lindsay Clancy at Plymouth Superior Court, in Plymouth, Massachusetts. Photo: Reuters
United States

US court rules tech firms must face lawsuits over social media addiction

The lawsuits allege that companies including TikTok and Meta intentionally addicted young users, contributing to a ⁠mental health crisis.

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Hong Kong society

7 in 10 Gen Z Hongkongers retouch photos of themselves before posting: survey

Frequent photo-editing linked to low self-compassion and negative criticism of appearance, mental health expert says.

Wellness

How well does your country support people with Alzheimer’s? New tool reveals

Alzheimer’s Disease International’s new AD Atlas highlights how countries diagnose, treat and support people with dementia.

Launched by Alzheimer’s Disease International, the the AD Atlas maps how prepared 80 countries really are for dementia, highlighting how they diagnose, treat and support people living with the disease. Photo: ad-atlas.org
Thailand

Thai school shooter had watched violent content online: police

Police also said that last year a teacher had confiscated a BB gun, a type of air gun, that the boy took ‌to school.

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Police officers work at the building where the shooting occurred at Debsirin Nonthaburi School in Nonthaburi province, Thailand on Friday. Photo: Xinhua
Crime in Hong Kong

Man falls to death after cleaver attack on neighbour in lift over noise dispute

Police believe the attack was premeditated, with neighbours repeatedly quarrelling over noise.

Good Schools Guide

How Hong Kong teens can be protected from appearance anxiety

Body image anxiety among young people is on the rise in the city and around the world – is social media solely to blame, and what can parents do?

United States

Meta ordered in US to pay US$567 million to address child safety harms

Company says it will appeal after a New Mexico judge directs funds to youth mental health programmes and orders app changes.

An art installation in Los Angeles highlights the dangers young people face online. Meta has been ordered by a US judge to pay US$567 million over child safety harms. Photo: AFP
Get to Know

All about the parents of celebrity gossip blogger Perez Hilton

The media personality recently moved back to his hometown, Miami, to be closer to his mother, affectionately known as Momma Perez.

Celebrity gossip blogger Perez Hilton has a close relationship with his mother, Teresita Lavandeira. Photo: Getty Images
Germany

Germany jails man for life over deadly Munich car-ramming

Prosecutors said during the trial that Farhad N., an asylum seeker from Afghanistan, acted out of ‘religious motivation’.

Wellness

Their rock ‘n’ roll life led to anxiety, depression. How they beat the ‘devil’

Celebrity couple Candy Lo and Sammy So talk about hitting rock bottom, taking up running, and how they now do marathons across the globe.

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Trending in China

Chinese PTSD survivor finds healing in volunteering 15 years after train disaster

Mengjun, 13 then, was en route from her Hangzhou hometown to spend a summer in Fuzhou, when her life was forever changed by the accident.

Mengjun reflects on that fateful day, vividly recalling the haunting moment when she felt the very ground beneath her giving way, as chaos engulfed her surroundings. Photo: SCMP composite/Weibo/AFP
Hong Kong healthcare and hospitals

Hong Kong must add specialised services to tackle rising youth suicides, NGO says

David Cheng of the Samaritan Befrienders Hong Kong says uptick in youth suicide underscores need for regular risk screening.

Wellness

Hong Kong TV star Kenneth Chan opens up on battles with insomnia and depression

The face of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire in Hong Kong in the 2000s, Chan wishes to help others battling sleep and mental health issues.

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Crime

‘She killed the kids!’: the chilling call from Lindsay Clancy’s husband

The ex-US nurse is accused of strangling her three children, in a murder trial that has centred on her mental state after childbirth.

Lindsay Clancy is seen during jury selection in her triple murder trial in Plymouth, Massachusetts, on July 22. Photo: Reuters
Fame and celebrity

Meet AnnaLynne McCord, the millionaire actress who’s crowdfunding her wedding

The model and Days of Our Lives actress, who’s marrying ex-rugby star Danny Cipriani, has spoken publicly about surviving sexual assault.

Millionaire couple AnnaLynne McCord and Danny Cipriani have been exposed for crowdfunding their upcoming wedding. Photo: @theannalynnemccord/Instagram
France

French police arrest man who wounded 3 with knives in Paris

The man was detained ⁠by an off-duty police officer, and the motive of the attack remains unknown.

Hong Kong society

How can Alzheimer’s patients in Hong Kong buy ‘more golden hours’ with family?

About 9.7 per cent of residents aged 60 and above have dementia, according to official figures, with cases expected to reach 330,000 by 2039.

Wellness

How infinite scrolling hijacks the brain’s reward system like slot machines do

Two experts explain what infinite scrolling does to the brain, why teens are particularly affected, and how to beat the addiction.

The core mechanism of infinite scrolling is similar to slot machines, one expert says, and teens are often hit hardest because the “brake system” in their brains is still maturing. Photo: Fernando Gutierrez-Juarez/dpa
Artificial intelligence

Opinion | Why it’s dangerous to see AI as humanlike

The foremost ethical concern is deception. Treating AI systems as humanlike risks the lives of vulnerable people.

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Doubao, ByteDance’s AI chatbot, is seen on an iPhone. China’s laws to regulate AI-powered humanlike interaction services took effect on July 15. Photo: Shutterstock
France

France parliament approves social media ban for children under 15, in EU first

The bill also includes a ban on mobile phones in high schools, expected to take effect from the beginning of the next school year.

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Wellness

Why more choice is bad for you and how to streamline decision-making

Limit the number of choices you make and your brain will thank you for it, one psychology expert says.

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