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Fourteen Percent of the Global Burden of Disease Attributed to Mental, Neurological and Substance Abuse Disorders
Fourteen Percent of the Global Burden of Disease Attributed to Mental, Neurological and Substance Abuse Disorders
Minister of Health Dr. the Hon. Duane Sands said according to the World Health Organization, 14 per cent of the global burden of disease is attributed to mental, neurological and substance abuse disorders...
Teens Feel the Pressure
Teens Feel the Pressure
Psychologist brings important, overlooked mental health issue to the fore...A growing number of teens are suffering in silence having come to believe that stress and high-risk behaviors are normal, according to Dr Valerie Knowles...
Restore Store Hope
Restore Store Hope
?Camp Hope? summer camp was founded this year for children and teenagers known to have suffered mentally from some form of life trauma...
Duho Launches Spring Collection
Duho Launches Spring Collection
Duho Books, the boutique press founded by Bahamian writer Wendy Coakley-Thompson has launched its Spring collection.Three new titles are now available on Amazon.com. They include: The Left-Over Daughters by Grand Bahamian writer S. L. Sheppard; My Name Is Karma: Journey to the Truth by psychologist turned author, N.A. Cash; and the re-release of Coakley-Thompson?s acclaimed 2005 novel What You Wo...
Dr. David Allen Delivers Guest Lecturers at Hong Kong University, Takes Message of Connection between Shame, Anger, Violence Halfway Round the Globe
Dr. David Allen was just a young boy when he first heard about messages from The Bahamas. In those days, the message came by way of a post card with a picture of a beach under shining sun...
Atlantis Casino "Change for Change" for Charity Programme donates to The Bahamas Crisis Center
Atlantis Casino "Change for Change" for Charity Programme donates to The Bahamas Crisis Center
The Casino division at Atlantis, Paradise Island recently presented a cheque donation to The Bahamas Crisis Center as part of the division?s ?Change for Change? charity programme. The initiative gives casino patrons the option to donate their TITO slot tickets to a designated charity...
National Security Partners with Community Organizations and UB, as well as other Government Agencies
National Security Partners with Community Organizations and UB, as well as other Government Agencies
Minister of National Security the Hon. Marvin Dames, said as it related to gangs and gang violence, his Ministry has partnered with Dr. David Allen and his team of experts of the ?People Helping People? programme...
AG addresses panel discussion on the Marital Rape Bill
Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs, Senator the Hon. Carl Bethel was the key speaker in a panel discussion on ?Marital Rape ? Is It a Blow to Family Life,? Tuesday evening at Bahamas Press Club?s Speaker?s Corner at JCN Studios...
Press Club Speaker's Corner on Marital Rape
Press Club Speaker's Corner on Marital Rape
The Bahamas Press Club is staging its first Speaker?s Corner event on Tuesday, January 30, 2018, at JCN Studios on Thompson Boulevard at 6:30pm...
Workshop Explores Ways to Improve Children's Learning and Behavior
The importance of executive function skills for children was recently highlighted in a workshop hosted by Family Medicine Center. Sarah Ward, a renowned expert on the topic of executive functioning, provided simple, practical strategies and tools for teaching children how to develop independent executive function skills...