{"id":28730,"date":"2021-07-01T10:08:00","date_gmt":"2021-07-01T02:08:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.suppnewsportal.com\/main\/?p=28730"},"modified":"2021-07-07T10:11:00","modified_gmt":"2021-07-07T02:11:00","slug":"be-sensitive-of-the-emotional-needs-to-those-around-you-says-dr-sim","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.suppnewsportal.com\/main\/?p=28730","title":{"rendered":"Be sensitive of the emotional needs to those around you, says Dr. Sim"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Covid-19 can kill, so could depression, said Local government and Housing Minister, Dato Sri Dr Sim Kui Hian. <br> <br>Dr. Sim said the Covid-19 pandemic has had a huge impact towards the mental health of individuals all over the world, including Malaysia. <br> <br>&#8220;During trying times like this, we should care for and support each other &#8211; be aware of family members and people around us, and seek professional help if you notice someone who is displaying signs of depression,&#8221; he added. <br> <br>Lately, there has been a surge of people taking their own lives. <br> <br>Dr. Sim urged the people to help through effective communication with the depressed individual by showing more empathy and less judgmental behaviour. <br> <br>He said those who need someone to talk to can reach out for support at the following hotline at Mental Health Psychosocial Support Service 03-29359935 or 014-3223392, Talian Kasih: 15999 or 019-2615999, Jakim\u2019s Family, Social and Community care centre, WhatsApp 0111-9598214, Befrienders Kuala Lumpur at 03-7627292 <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Covid-19 can kill, so could depression, said Local government and Housing Minister, Dato Sri Dr Sim Kui Hian. Dr. Sim said the Covid-19 pandemic has had a huge impact towards the mental health of individuals all over the world, including Malaysia. &#8220;During trying times like this, we should care for and support each other &#8211; be aware of family members and people around us, and seek professional help if you notice someone who is displaying signs of depression,&#8221; he added. Lately, there has been a surge of people taking their<a href=\"https:\/\/www.suppnewsportal.com\/main\/?p=28730\" class=\"read-more\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":27321,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14,1,7],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.suppnewsportal.com\/main\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28730"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.suppnewsportal.com\/main\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.suppnewsportal.com\/main\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.suppnewsportal.com\/main\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.suppnewsportal.com\/main\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=28730"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.suppnewsportal.com\/main\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28730\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28731,"href":"https:\/\/www.suppnewsportal.com\/main\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28730\/revisions\/28731"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.suppnewsportal.com\/main\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/27321"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.suppnewsportal.com\/main\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=28730"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.suppnewsportal.com\/main\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=28730"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.suppnewsportal.com\/main\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=28730"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}