PETALING JAYA: The use of technology will soon assist in mental health diagnoses, said Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris psychologist and counsellor .
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Anguish of being switched at birth
Such discovery could be devastating as both parents and child could be traumatised: Expert Pix for representational purpose only.
PETALING JAYA: The birth of a child is a time to rejoice. However, for some parents and children, it might be the beginning of a nightmare.
For parents and children alike, discovering years later that they are not biologically related will be shocking and heart-wrenching.
It will take time for both sides to come to grips with the revelation, Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris counsellor Dr Fauziah Mohd Sa’ad told theSun.
In situations like this, affected parents play a vital role to ensure that rational thinking prevails, the counselling psychologist added.
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PETALING JAYA
: The simple act of going out these days has become too stressful for most people, often leading to exhaustion and fatigue.
Experts attribute this to the seismic shift to what is called the “new normal” way of life.
Going out to work, run an errant or to just have a good time was taken for granted before the Covid-19 pandemic made it unsafe, even deadly, to step out the door.
According to UK clinical psychologist Dr Julie Smith, staying at home has become the default way of life and everyone’s comfort zone.
When crime does pay Bernama
PETALING JAYA: In Malaysia, compounding a traffic offence by not paying the fine on time has its rewards. One eventually gets a discount.
Experts say such a policy leads motorists to throw caution to the wind and continue to commit traffic offences, such as speeding or beating the lights.
“We are just sending out the wrong message,” criminologist Datuk Akhbar Satar told
theSun.
“In countries such as the United Kingdom and Singapore, those who pay the fine early are rewarded. But in Malaysia, it looks like the longer you wait, the more likely you are to get rewarded (with bigger discounts),” said Akhbar, who is president of the Malaysian Association of Certified Fraud Examiners.