Explainer: When does a mental health condition count in court and are more people using it as a defence?
SINGAPORE — In recent years, more people in Singapore have asked for their mental health to be assessed for court proceedings, say some legal and mental health practitioners.
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Lee Hsien Yang’s Ridout Road allegations against Shanmugam, Balakrishnan ‘of gravest kind’, say lawyers in submission on damages
SINGAPORE — Defamatory allegations made by Mr Lee Hsien Yang against Law and Home Affairs Minister K Shanmugam and Foreign Affairs Minister Vivian Balakrishnan over the rental of Ridout Road bungalows “are of the gravest kind”, the ministers' lawyers said.
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Gen Zen: Is how we breathe how we feel? Exploring breathing techniques said to relieve stress, improve well-being
SINGAPORE — Whenever I had expressed any inkling of nervousness or fear throughout my life, the people close to me always echoed the same piece of sound advice: Slow deep breaths. Fill up your lungs with air, hold it there, exhale slowly.
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'We failed as parents': Taiwanese star Sharon Hsu after her 10-month-old baby accidentally swallows safety pin and throws up blood
Thankfully, the kid did not suffer any serious injuries from the incident.
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Gen Zen: Exploring breathwork techniques
Breathwork, or the deliberate control of our breathing patterns, is said to have a direct connection to our emotional state. We spoke to practitioners of two types of breathwork - holotropic and the Wim Hof method, to find out more about the supposed benefits of these breathing methods. Video: Nuria Ling, Samuel Woo/TODAY
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