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The Editor speaks: I believe…..
“I believe above the storm the smallest prayer will still be heard, I believe that someone in the great somewhere hears every word” Song written by Ervin Drake / Irvin Graham / Jimmy Shirl / Al Stillman. The above words…
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Speakers announced for Cayman Islands 2nd Annual Youth Mental Symposium
An impressive line-up of speakers will take to the stage at the 2nd annual Youth Mental Health Symposium taking place in the Grand Cayman Marriott Beach Resort on Saturday February 23rd. The speakers will come together to discuss a shared vision…
Message for World Mental Health Day 2018 from Cayman Islands Minister
Minister for Health, Environment, Culture and Housing Hon. Dwayne Seymour, JP, MLA Message for World Mental Health Day 2018 Wednesday, 10 October 2018 Every year World Mental Health Day reminds us all that it is as important to focus on…
Cayman Islands: Mental Health Awareness Foundation to launch with film premier and symposium
February will see the official launch of a new mental health awareness foundation, focused on Cayman’s children and young adults, with two kick off events. The Alex Panton Foundation, a not-for-profit with the primary objective of raising awareness of mental…
The Editor Speaks: Long time comin’ but there is progress
The government have just announced plans are in the works for a mental health facility to be built in East End. The target date for completion is April 2019. The company that will spearhead the design of the facility is…
Contract signed for residential mental health facility in Cayman Islands
With the recommendation from the outline business case report that a long-term residential mental health facility should be constructed for the Cayman Islands, further work has commenced with the signing of the contract to complete the design and construction costs…
Cayman Islands: World Mental Health Day
Statement on World Mental Health Day 10 October, 2016: ‘Psychological First Aid’ 10 October was World Mental Health Day. This year’s theme, selected by the World Federation for Mental Health (the “WFMH”), is ‘Psychological First Aid’. Psychological first aid is…
8-year-old designs Cayman islands Mental Health Commission’s new logo
Eight-year-old Hope Academy student Kaydence Whitney is the winner of the Mental Health Commission’s logo competition. Kaydence was one of ten students who submitted images for the competition. As a young girl recently diagnosed with Asperger’s, she feels impassioned to…
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Cayman Islands Daylight Savings Time survey closes soon Do you want Cayman Islands to implement Daylight Savings Time in line with the USA? Or do you want it to stay as it does now – the clock does not move?…
The Editor Speaks: Our attitude to mental health is disgraceful
A mentally ill woman, half naked, and swinging two machetes, went into a local restaurant demanding food – not money, she wanted FOOD – threatened staff, smashed the countertops and a computer before leaving and finding her way to Burger…
