PETALING JAYA: Young Indian men suffer from a higher mortality rate due to a wide variety of factors affecting their livelihood and well-being, an epidemiologist said.
Mental Health and I - epidemiologist launches mental health awareness platform
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An epidemiologist by training and a mental health advocate by passion, Vinogiri Krishnan intends to break stigmas and address mental health issues through her newly launched online platform: Mental Health and I .
When pursuing her PhD at the John A Burns School of Medicine at the University of Hawaii in the United States, Vinogiri (
above)
witnessed a substantial number of support groups available there and
felt that the mental health support available in Malaysia paled in
comparison.
“I saw how people supported one another and how they were going the