The SVG Psychological Society (SVGPS) celebrates its first anniversary later this month. Since its launch in 2022 the society has helped to bring awareness and education to Vincentians through the means of the National Broadcasting Corporation’s radio program, where the working group members shared on varying topics including stress and trauma management. The SVGPS chairperson Sharlene Morris pointed out that the society commenced work even before its official launch. “Prior …
PSYCHOLOGISTS IN St Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) have decided to launch themselves into a national body later this month. “As we reflect globally and locally on the myriad situations - including the pandemic, the impact of the war in the Ukraine and the eruption of La Soufriere - that give rise to mental health afflictions, if ever there were a time for a type of society like this ..it …
Georgetown resident Rea Crichton is a living testimony that persons diagnosed with bipolar depression do not have to live in the shadow of this mental health condition. Crichton was diagnosed with bipolar disorder in 2016, and the condition took her through some very dark phases in life, to the point where she attempted suicide and ended up as a patient at the Milton Cato Memorial Hospital. But with the help …