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Lacking education is prison without the bars
Life, Arusa Pisuthipan, Published on 05/06/2015
» The mass arrest of young motorcycle racers in Bangkok earlier this week once again put the issue of parental responsibility into the public spotlight. Whenever minors commit crimes, parents are suddenly left being held to account. Not friends. Not schools. Parents alone.
Fight hate with love
Life, Arusa Pisuthipan, Published on 22/06/2020
» Martin Luther King Jr once said: "Through violence you may murder the hater, but you can't murder hate." This statement could not be more true, especially today in a world full of unrest triggered by discrimination and intolerance towards diversity of any kind.
Workplace mental support a must
Life, Arusa Pisuthipan, Published on 17/10/2022
» The preschool mass shooting in Nong Bua Lam Phu last week has raised a number of controversial issues -- from gun control, journalism ethics and professionalism, to drugs and violence.
The high price of delusion
Life, Arusa Pisuthipan, Published on 17/09/2018
» For almost three weeks, we have been hearing a string of updates about 40-year-old Surasit Palasak, who was charged with the rape of a 17-year-old girl. This is not a straightforward rape case, by the way, because Surasit, a native of Si Sa Ket province, has claimed to be spirit medium of Fiery-Eye Hermit. A surprise twist here is that Surasit has suffered from polio since birth, at least according to his mother.
You are not alone
Life, Arusa Pisuthipan, Published on 16/01/2018
» Pol Snr Sgt Maj Prateep Dinsakul woke up one day and suddenly found himself unable to speak. Seeing no warning sign of disease, his family took him to Srithanya psychiatric hospital in Nonthaburi for preliminary evaluation.
Online help at hand for suicidal cops
News, Arusa Pisuthipan, Published on 06/01/2018
» The Police General Hospital's Department of Psychiatry and Narcotics yesterday launched a Facebook page dedicated to helping police officers and their family members who fall victim to depression.
Caring for society's forgotten
Life, Arusa Pisuthipan, Published on 02/03/2015
» Continuing our series on ordinary people often overlooked by the wider public, Life observes the day's work of a psychiatric nurse and ponders the current state of mental health services in Thailand.
Women Warriors
Life, Arusa Pisuthipan, Published on 18/03/2014
» Living amid the unrest Thailand’s Deep South has never been easy. But being a woman in the areas where bombs and gun shots are not unusual, normal life is even harder.
A world of difference
Muse, Arusa Pisuthipan, Published on 06/04/2013
» Girl and boy. Beauty and brains. Money making and social benefit generating. After all these years, Yollada "Nok" Suanyot has grown up and become a good mix of many opposites.
No tears over spilt milk
Life, Arusa Pisuthipan, Published on 09/04/2013
» Somchit Duangtakham was required to have his right leg amputated after a near-fatal car accident turned him into a bedridden patient for more than a year. Attempting to cope with the loss of his leg, two years later he was given another piece of almost unbearable news.