Overcoming the press of mood
The famous quote "You're stressed! I'm stress!" from "The Bus Uncle" video clip online illustrates noticeably the lives of Hong Kong people in this stress-filled city. People find it difficult to relax and the accumulated stress may lead to many emotional problems. World Health Organization has already noted in 2001 that every one in four would in the word faces emotional or psychiatric issues of various degrees in one's life, and by 2020 depression would become the second-most lethal killer of humankind after cancer. As for Hong Kong, data by Hospital Authority show that the number of individuals seeking day-time psychiatric consultation at hospitals in 2002 has risen by 16% within a decade - all these depict a mounting threat of such illnesses. Wai-fun, the protagonist in this episode, is a housewife who has a autistic son. Her stress mainly comes from taking care of his son and seeking a balance for familial relations. She wishes to simply become a competent and happy housewife, yet underneath such simply wish shared by many are various risks that could pile up stress. What do we mean by "stress"? What are "emotional disorders"? Are there really no objective standards to measure emotions and stress? In this episode a medical expert team formed of clinical psychologists, nutritionists and physiotherapists tailor-makes for Wai-fun a "health improvement programme", and brings forth information on measuring stress, identifying different emotional disorders and reducing stress. It is time to get to know this metropolitan health threat with a positive and correct attitude.