Youth mental health: ‘What we need to try and do is break the stigma attached to talking about it’
Limited funding, staffing pressures and increasing demand make provision of mental health services to the public a major task
Mental health
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‘They think they’re no good and that they shouldn’t be in this world’
Traveller activist and storyteller Chrissy Donoghue Ward speaks about the importance of how her community is represented publicly
Eating disorders now main reason behind children’s admission for psychiatric care
Prevalence among under-18s ‘extremely concerning’ says mental health expert
Mother of vulnerable teen brings court action against HSE and Tusla
Legal action seeks a declaration that both agencies are in breach of their statutory duties towards the boy
We know a lot about the 40 homeless people who died in Dublin. So what are we going to do about it?
If they didn’t die on the streets then they probably died in a hostel. Two thirds of them would have died alone
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A series where we ask experts in all aspects of workplace engagement to give us their views and solutions on issues driving conflict or upset for employees
‘The whole adult world is sold as a bright, shiny thing but it’s actually a sad and lonely place’
Tell Me About It: Am I the common denominator and are people staying away from me? I’d hardly blame them
Who cares for the carers? ‘If I was going to be able to help Tony I needed to get my own life back on track’
Learning how to care for yourself when caring for someone with a life-threatening or life-limiting condition is a necessity, not a luxury
‘Our 16-year-old daughter has stopped going to school regularly – should we take her phone away?’
Ask the Expert: Her school says she is always on her phone and not getting enough sleep, but she disagrees
I thought that after a month of not drinking, my relationship with alcohol would fix itself. I was wrong
The idea that a month of abstinence can help you regain control and become a ‘better drinker’ is a myth for any alcoholic
‘Children as young as five are saying they would prefer to die’: Irish doctors say Gaza children are ‘retraumatised’
Children caught in the crossfire of the war are suffering an ‘unfathomable’ psychological impact
HHC vapes: ‘It only took a few puffs to turn him completely zombie-like’
Hexahydrocannabinol, a legal cannabis substitute, is causing severe psychosis in some young men
Children in poorer areas far more likely to develop severe mental health difficulties, says professor
Prof Susan Smith says evidence shows need for a national health inequity strategy
Mental health: ‘Although we talk a lot in Ireland, I think we don’t say very much’
If you feel sad all the time or stop deriving joy from the things you love, it’s time to seek help
Work issues a factor in mental health problems for over one third, survey finds
Annual survey was carried out ahead of World Mental Health Day on Thursday
‘My nine-year-old is starting to be self-conscious about her body, which worries me’
Ask the Expert: The best way to check if your daughter’s development is healthy is to measure her height and weight so you can assess her BMI
Belle and Sebastian’s Stuart Murdoch: ‘I had a tough time, a physical and mental breakdown. The thing I clung on to was the book’
The Belle and Sebastian frontman’s debut novel, Nobody’s Empire, draws on his own experiences, including of ME. Part travelogue and memoir, it’s also a love letter to his favourite music
I scrawl on the cinema bathroom wall: ‘Anyone else find friendship in their 40s hard?’
I miss the solidarity of the women’s bathroom in nightclubs, where strangers became best friends for those brief moments that always seemed to last a lifetime
‘I got 550 points in my Leaving Cert. I’ve always had this feeling that I had a purpose in life’
The second-year law student at University of Galway on discrimination she has faced as a Traveller and how education became her refuge
‘I refuse to accept the horror that has become the status quo’: what did politicians say when students wrote to them about their lives?
Simon Harris, Micheál Martin, Holly Cairns and others reply to letters from students and recent graduates on the key issues they face today
‘You see coke every second night you’re out’: students and drugs on campus
Third-level student says smoking weed is so normalised you might need to make an excuse for not wanting to smoke
Mental health funding ‘piecemeal, inadequate and short-sighted’, charities say
Persistent underfunding is having a long-term impact on the mental health system, says Mental Health Reform interim chief executive Philip Watt
Addiction and healing: ‘All of the things that you chase for happiness don’t actually make you happy’
Síolta, co-founded by Hannah Bowler and Wayne Dignam, is a co-operative of wellbeing practitioners aimed at enabling growth and connection
Do we understand what the Irish education system is doing to our young people?
Use of technology in schools has increased exponentially since the Covid-19 pandemic but why is there so little discussion around it, apart from the continuing debate about smartphones?
All the lonely men: how to survive the ‘friendship recession’
Men are facing a crisis of loneliness. Rethinking the shape and structure of their friendships can help
An Irish man in California: what I did first notice was how people talk about themselves. Compared to the typical older Irish man
The ubiquity of therapy in Berkeley infuses the words people use and their lifestyles with an odd deliberateness
Cannabis-like drug causing severe psychosis in young men, College of Psychiatrists warn
Hexahydrocannabinol (HHC) is legal in Ireland and commonly available in the form of vapes or added to jellies or chocolate
Housing charity aiding people with mental health problems calls for funding boost
Record number last year assisted by Hail which is providing an ‘essential’ service for the State, says chief executive
Pieta says it may not be able to continue mental health services without Government funds
Cost of running suicide prevention and counselling group stands at some €17m a year, mostly paid for by ‘generous donors and dedicated supporters’
Young people are the canaries in the coalmine of modern society – just look at the CAO
Mental health difficulties have traditionally been understood at the level of the individual and their immediate family. That has changed, and the crisis is global
Why Sweden recommends that very young children should not have access to any digital devices
Swedish public health authorities aim to promote healthy development but some experts wonder whether parts of the guidance are unrealistic
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