More than 20,000 blankets for Japan Tsunami Survivors (2011)
“The response was overwhelming. Many Malaysians wanted to make a tangible difference in Japan,” Arccade consulting psychologist and director Dr Brendan Gomez said. See Malaysian Airlines link at: http://www.maskargo.com/press/preleases/view/?id=250 See New Strait Times link at: http://www.nst.com.my/nst/articles/6blank/Article/art_print or, http://findarticles.com/p/news-articles/new-straits-times/mi_8016/is_20110330/blankets-japan-campaign/ai_n57167483/ or, http://www.eraconsumer.org/eraconsumer/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=459:blanket-support-for-disaster-victims-in-sendai&catid=39:hr-in-the-news&Itemid=61 What’s happening to our children?
Developmental and counselling psychologist Dr Brendan J. Gomez said depression, stress, violence and suicide were on the rise among young people.
Click on image to read full article. Also available at:http://www.asiaone.com/Health/Wellness%2B%2540%2BWork/Story/A1Story20081117-101175/2.html or, http://www.voiceofmalaysian.com/2008/11/17/stressed-out-wrong-priorities-harming-children/ Taiwan Press on AirAsia Training
Anti-smoking fear tactic has failed
Dr Brendan Gomez said the Government should adopt approaches that had been proven effective in other countries. Click on image to go to web link.
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Dr Brendan Gomez, developmental and counselling psychologist, says that though TV programmes mirror themes that exist in society, they tend to be exaggerated. “More often than not, these themes are over-dramatised and blown up because this is what sells. TV programmes, especially soap operas, tend to play up negative feelings and emotions and do not add any value to our lives apart from being pure entertainment,” he adds.
HERALD Aug 10, 2008
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When Penn State graduate student Brendan Gomez spoke at the Tsunami Vigil Service in early January, his passionate and eloquent words about the devastation wrought by the tsunami brought tears to the eyes of many in the audience. He held up photos of children from the affected areas, saying, “The reality is that the sea may never bring back the parents of many of these orphaned children.”
http://global.psu.edu/publications/mosaic/mosaic0305.pdf See Page 8. International Efforts Addressing 9/11
Gomez, a Ph.D. candidate in human development and family studies, took a lead in convening the panel.
Click on image to go to Online article. See Page 1. 
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