Alcohol and blood pressure spikes
ET, May 5, Hong Kong's mental health had already been battered by protests. Like other residents in Hong Kong, he hasn't had a break in nearly a year, ricocheting from one crisis to the next. When Hong Kong was consumed by anti-government, pro-democracy protests last year, the year-old banking analyst found himself constantly on edge, unable to sleep at night, and so overwhelmed he once burst into tears in the middle of the street.
Hogyan szerezhetjük vissza a futás örömét az élet későbbi szakaszában?? Kostrubala a hetvenes évek közepén az egyik első egészségügyi szakember volt, aki a hosszú távú futás előnyeit vizsgálta.
The political chaos began calming somewhat in December -- but only weeks later, the first reports emerged of a mysterious new virus across the border in mainland China. The novel coronavirus has since exploded into a global pandemic, alcohol and blood pressure spikes more than 3.
In Hong Kong, there have been more than 1, cases -- relatively low due to months of stringent quarantine measures and closed borders.
But the pandemic dealt a second blow to a population already devastated by six months of violent unrest -- and now, experts warn it could culminate in a mental health crisis. Yau certainly feels the toll.
Right now, we don't have protests so we don't have that physical stress, but on the mental side, it's still the same I feel very hopeless. These numbers may be even higher, in reality, due to under-reporting; many Hong Kongers are reluctant to talk openly about or disclose mental illness due to deep-rooted social stigma and insufficient mental health education.
Activists and educators have been working for years to break down this stigma, but they say the fight has taken on a new urgency, as people buckle under the weight of two back-to-back crises with no immediate relief in sight.
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