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          Nick Webster fellowship work

          Nick Webster was a mental journalism fellow from 2018-20 and is The National’s health reporter. He has reported on a wide range of issues, including the challenges to seafarers stuck on abandoned ships, burnout and the experiences of forcibly displaced people

          Stress in the UAE remains high at 89 per cent, with 99 per cent of residents reporting at least one burnout symptom. PA

          UAE residents 'most stressed by burnout and the cost of living'

          UAEFebruary 02, 2024
          Christmas Day is a working day like any other for crews on shipping vessels. Getty Images

          'Christmas is another working day': seafarers in Dubai celebrate away from home

          UAEDecember 24, 2023
          Palestinians displaced from their homes by Israeli raids in Gaza city. Mental health experts said young families caught up in the conflict and medics are most vulnerable to trauma. Getty Images

          Mental health toll of Israel-Gaza conflict will leave lasting damage

          UAEOctober 14, 2023
          Chief medical officer Dr Adel Alsisi, left, and a colleague enter the room of a patient in the intensive care ward at Prime Hospital in Garhoud. Pawan Singh / The National

          Young Covid patients worried more than older ones, UAE research shows

          UAEOctober 25, 2022
          Dubai, United Arab Emirates - March 12 2014 - Dr. Saliha Afridi, Clinical Psychologist and Director of Lighthouse Arabia poses for a portrait at her office. Section: Business. Reporter: Andrea Anastasiou. (Razan Alzayani / The National).

          Why not wearing a mask might be making you feel more anxious

          UAESeptember 30, 2022
          Aromatherapist Kateryna Azar offers essential oils with yoga sessions in Dubai.

          Can the power of smell using essential oils ease depression and anxiety?

          HealthAugust 22, 2022
          Report reveals high therapy costs and a shortage of mental health services support in the UAE. Getty Images

          High costs a barrier to mental health support in UAE

          HealthMarch 24, 2022
          Paula Jacobson says surfing helped her to cope with depression. Issa Alkindy for The National

          How surf therapy can help depression and anxiety

          UAEFebruary 16, 2022
          Workers prepare to tow the 'Mt Iba' oil tanker that ran aground in Umm Al Quwain on February 16, 2021.

          Seafarer study shows tough life on tankers amid pandemic and hijackings

          TransportAugust 07, 2021
          Government measures such as social distancing and distance learning reduced general anxiety during the pandemic but financial worries increased, researchers in Abu Dhabi found. Alamy

          UAE study shows how government measures ease pandemic anxiety

          HealthJuly 25, 2021
          Reverend Andy Bowerman, right, has helped scores of seafarers who have been abandoned by their employers during the Covid-19 pandemic. His role at the Mission to Seafarers involves ensuring medical help, food supplies and fuel is available to forgotten merchant sailors. The National

          Merchant sailors recognised as frontline workers will aid mental health

          HealthApril 08, 2021
          Working from home comes with challenges for people struggling to balance work and home life. Getty Images

          UAE study shows a third have battled mental health during pandemic

          HealthMarch 28, 2021
          Maria Kelly, chairwoman of Darkness Into Light, Abu Dhabi, says the volunteer-led support group faces an uncertain future. Vidhyaa Chandramohan for The National

          Mental health volunteer support group faces funding crisis

          HealthJanuary 24, 2021
          Gail Thompson said decriminalising suicide will encourage desperate people to ask for support.  Duncan Chard for the National 

          UAE's suicide legal reform throws a lifeline to the vulnerable

          HealthNovember 08, 2020
          The UAE has a free national helpline to support the mental health of vulnerable people. Courtesy DFWAC

          Conversations about mental health are changing in the Middle East

          CommentOctober 12, 2020
          A Syrian refugee child is carried by her mother in Gaziantep, sout-east Turkey. Charities working in the region said the mental heath impact of conflict and the global pandemic will last a generation. AP

          Mental Health Day: war and Covid-19 strain leave many in Middle East suffering in silence

          MENAOctober 11, 2020