Living in a prosperous yet fast-paced city, we are all facing different challenges and stress. It is common for us to come across stressful situations at work, at home or while interacting with people in our daily lives. These stress accumulating to add burden to our physical and mental health, and therefore, learning about how we all can take care of our physical and mental health needs become essential for our city dwellers to face the challenges in daily lives.
Still, we are all always troubled by the fact that the stress keep accumulating and that we do not seem to have effective ways to manage stress and boost our mental health .
Having mental distress is not uncommon in Hong Kong; research has found that, 1 in every 7 people in Hong Kong is affected by depression or anxiety disorder. However, mental health is not merely about the absence of mental illness, it is but also about realizing our own strengths, managing stress in daily lives, leading a fruitful life and contributing to the community. According to World Health Organization, mental health is an important state of health and that there is no health without mental health.
For this reason, we cordially invite you to join this mental health platform!
Living with Heart is a website designed by
Prof. Winnie Mak at the
Diversity and Well-being Laboratory of the Department of Psychology at the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK). This website is made possible by funding from the CUHK Knowledge Transfer Fund. We aim to create a one-stop online mental health platform that provides both online mental health-promoting courses and self-administered mental health assessment. To know more about the online courses we provide, please click: “Introduction of Programs”.
In addition, by joining our
free cognitive behavioral therapy and mindfulness-based online courses, you can learn how to be aware of your emotional changes, as well as physical and emotional signs of stress. You can also learn to think specifically and be kind and compassionate to yourself, design new responses to your thinking and behavioral habits to alleviate depression or anxiety symptoms.
For this reason, we cordially invite you to join this mental health platform!
Living with Heart is a website designed by
Prof. Winnie Mak at the
Diversity and Well-being Laboratory of the Department of Psychology at the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) . This website is made possible by funding from the CUHK Knowledge Transfer Fund. The English (USA) version of the three courses, Mindful Living, Compassionate Living, and Balanced Living, was a collaborative effort between Professor Winnie W. S. Mak of the Diversity and Well-being Lab of CUHK and the Transforming Trauma and Mental Health Lab under the direction of Robyn L. Gobin, Ph.D. in the Department of Community Health at the University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign (UIUC). The English (USA) version was partially funded by the UIUC Campus Research Board. We aim to create a one-stop online mental health platform that provides both online mental health-promoting courses and self-administered mental health assessment. To know more about the online courses we provide, please click: “Introduction of Programs”.
In addition, by joining our
free cognitive behavioral therapy and mindfulness-based online courses, you can learn how to be aware of your emotional changes, as well as physical and emotional signs of stress. You can also learn to think specifically and be kind and compassionate to yourself, design new responses to your thinking and behavioral habits to alleviate depression or anxiety symptoms.
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