Mind Matters: How COVID-19 Affects Youths

Assoc Prof Dr Amer Siddiq bin Amer Nordin, Consultant Psychiatrist, Universiti Malaya Medical Centre

18-Mar-20 16:00

Mind Matters: How COVID-19 Affects Youths

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Universities and tertiary institutions will be shut for 2 weeks, starting today, under the Movement Control Order. On the Mind Matters series, we speak to Assoc Prof Dr Amer Siddiq bin Amer Nordin, Consultant Psychiatrist, Universiti Malaya Medical Centre, to discuss the impact of this disease outbreak, and the restriction of activities, on the mental health of youths.

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Tags: mental health, depression, anxiety, suicide, COVID-19, COVID-19-EP, movement control order, helpline, lockdown, isolation, loneliness, The Bigger Picture, Health & Living,

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