Let’s learn more about better mental health, eliminate the stigma around it


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IN the past week, Malaysians heard of the shocking deaths of several people that are likely related to mental health issues. One was a young person who fell to their death in a shopping complex on Aug 1 and the other was the death of a foreign national and two of his children on Aug 2.

It is truly tragic that all these lives have been lost in such tragic ways.

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