by Soo-Inn Tan | Apr 4, 2014 | 2014, Aging, Articles, Life Issues, Mental Illness
Dementia is an irreversible and progressive intellectual disability affecting key functions of daily life and caused by a groups of disease processes… Alzheimer’s disease accounts for two -thirds of cases, and is the best known. (Rosemary Hurtley, Insight...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Dec 4, 2011 | 2011, Articles, Church, Community, Life Issues, Mental Illness
“1 in 10 will suffer from mental illness” The above was the headline of the November 19, 2011 edition of The Straits Times (Singapore). The article, written by Chang Ai-Lien, senior correspondent, went on to say: More than one in 10 people in Singapore...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Jul 28, 2011 | 2011, Articles, Life Issues, Mental Illness
Last weekend, Bernice and I had the privilege to minister at a camp for college and university students from the Petaling Jaya Evangelical Free Church. This was a group of bright people, most of whom took their faith seriously. We had no doubts that from them would...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Nov 30, 2010 | 2010, Articles, Life Issues, Mental Illness
I remember the night my clinical depression overtook me. It was an evening in 1998. I had the privilege opreaching at a friend’s ordination service. Later that evening I was to join a group of young adults in my church for an evangelistic camp. After the...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Dec 1, 2000 | 2000, Articles, Church, Community, Life Issues, Mental Illness
“The annual cost of depression in America is US$44 billion, as much as coronary heart disease.” (Economist, Vol.349, 8099) What is wrong with this picture? The American economy has been hot for some time. Most Americans can afford to buy the stuff that...
