During the Mental Health Week, SAP Asia hosted some zoom events for their staff on May 26, 2022. About 700 over participants attend the presentation on Mental Health, which covered statistics on global mental health, impact of covid on mental health, coping strategies and the effect of neurofeedback therapy, positive psychology, exercise and nutrition on brain health. From the feedback, it seems that more talks on mental health would be helpful during this ongoing pandemic.

Why is mental health in the forefront of news today?

Studies have found that covid 19 crisis had dramatically worsened the global mental health, reported, The Guardian. Cases of anxiety and depression around the world has increased in 2020 and the study also suggested that women and young people are more likely to be affected than men or older people.

The reason being, women are more likely to take on additional carer and household responsibilities due to school closures, working from home and family health issues.

(Source: The Guardian, 8 Oct, 2021.)