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29 Apr 2022

Mental Health Awareness Week

The theme of Mental Health Awareness Week (May 9-15) this year is loneliness, and while some people say they have been isolated but not lonely over the last two years, for others the combination has left them feeling exposed and desperate.

Even with lockdown restrictions lifted, many people still feel …

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21 Apr 2022

SANE’s support services through the pandemic

Over the course of the last two years, SANE has continued to offer its support services to anyone concerned about their or somebody else’s mental health, through phone, email and text messages.

Our Impact Report into the services we offer found that in the first year of the pandemic alone, …

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20 Apr 2022

Dorrie: My Volunteer Story

The SANE helpline has been operating since 1992 providing 30 years of support to those who need us. In March 2020, due to the pandemic and working restrictions, we changed the way we support our callers and introduced a new email support service. During this difficult period we still continued …

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19 Apr 2022

Study Centre hosts first lecture on mental health

The Subramanium Study Centre’s inaugural mental health lecture was held last week at the Prince of Wales International Centre for SANE Research (POWIC).

The Study Centre’s new not-for-profit Lecture Series brings together many of the country’s leading figures in mental health to discuss the current challenges, trends, and research breakthroughs …

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