‘My 12-year-old son is very reluctant to try anything new’
Ask the Expert: Anxiety usually means a child wants to do something but is stressed about some aspect of this
Mental health
What can we do to combat the health effects of extreme heat?
Dr Muiris Houston: Be careful of strenuous activity as this generates additional heat for the body to dissipate
The new Gen Z dating rules: ‘Why am I advertising myself for love?’
Reliant on social media and dating apps to kindle relationships, love lives become a series of online logistics and mind games
Young people rely on friends and family over online mental health resources, survey finds
Over one third of survey group had experience with mental health conditions, with 62% having accessed services
Joanne McNally: ‘In my early 30s I quit my job, moved into my mam’s attic and cocooned at the top of the house’
The comedian, writer and podcaster recalls three-day benders, a fake origin story and the choice presented by her mental health crisis
Demand for youth mental health services accelerating at ‘unprecedented pace’
Increasing need cannot be absorbed indefinitely without sustained support, says charity chief
‘Fake Jews’: German play explores psychological minefield of identity and the Holocaust
The deeper you dive into what is known as Wilkomirski Syndrome, the stranger it gets
Mental health services often in ‘outdated, unsuitable or unsafe’ premises, says watchdog
Overcrowding reduced dramatically since 2021, but physical infrastructure lagging, notes Mental Health Commission annual report
‘The first time I saw my father cry, I was genuinely terrified’
The death of his best friend at the age of 18 changed the course of writer, poet and performer Daragh Fleming’s life
Whistleblower says exposing Camhs scandal ‘destroyed’ her life, but she does not regret it
Dr Maya Sharma, who lost her job and home, plans to set up a private practice in Kerry
I quickly started making every occasion a reason to have a drink
I’ve always had coping mechanisms to run away from my feelings, but alcohol felt instantly different
Ask for help, people with mental health struggles are always told. Often there is none
Too often there is nowhere to turn
Central Mental Hospital among facilities criticised in latest commission reports
Inspections across 15 mental healthcare locations found varying levels of compliance on regulations, standards and rules
The Irish herbalists finding new purpose in ancient remedies
There is a growing movement of people reviving the ancient Irish healing tradition of an bean feasa
The ‘40 before 40’ challenge: can doing new things help me see my life in Dublin in a new light?
I couldn’t spend my big birthday in Syria as I had hoped, so I decided instead to plan 40 days of 40 moments that revolved around the number 40, to help me focus on living in the moment
Mentally ill prisoner (70s) loses eye after being stabbed with pen by cellmate
Prison authorities forced to house two mentally ill prisoners together due to acute overcrowding
Muckamore abuse inquiry finds ‘deeply troubling’ failures in care of vulnerable people
Medication used as restraint ‘left patients zombified’ amid unsafe wards and understaffing, report states
Social media ban for under-16s fails to address tech companies’ responsibility
A blanket ban could lead young people into greater danger on less regulated or entirely unregulated sites
Hundreds of criminal cases adjourned as solicitors withdraw services in legal aid row
Action could intensify next week to affect all cases, solicitors warn
Carroll MacNeill plans in-house HSE ‘agency’ staff to reduce payouts to outside companies
Health service’s expenditure on agency workers reached €903.4 million last year
Readers on the UK’s social media ban: banning algorithms would be ‘far more effective’ for children’s safety online
Retired principal says she would support the banning of smartphones for under-16s
‘Mark Fisher talked a lot about collective action. We wanted our film-making to reflect those values’
The author of the influential Capitalist Realism died in 2017, aged 48. A new film explores his ideas and legacy
My brother’s suicide: ‘The almost unbearable guilt of having had a row last time I saw him’
I know this doesn’t make any sense... where you envisage things you can change, long after the disaster has happened
Family settles action against HSE over daughter’s death by suicide
Maxine Maguire’s family call on Government to implement key recommendations made at inquest
Psychiatrists’ body ‘cannot endorse’ new State autism protocol
Approach will ‘streamline’ access to autism diagnoses, HSE says
Does your life lack direction? Too much urgency may be to blame
Technology, capitalism and democracy itself seem to be accelerating short-term thinking
School holidays ‘highly challenging’ for thousands of homeless children as rates rise again
Weekly snapshot does not consider overcrowded housing, refuges, couch-surfing, sleeping rough or IPAS
Growing up in care: ‘I remember a lot of people not being allowed to be friends with me in school’
Four young adults who have spent time in Ireland’s care system tell Patrick Freyne about their lives
I’m riddled with ADHD apparently, and medication has changed my life
It’s not all speed and roses, but with five medicated months under my belt I can tentatively say something is working
Medication crushed into patient’s food without pharmacy oversight at Tipperary centre, inspection finds
Mental health facility in Tipperary among 14 centres inspected
‘She blames me for everything’: Barring order against man who claims he slapped woman ‘just once’
Woman in separate case claimed partner threatened ‘to strangle me with charger wire’
‘ADHD girls learn from an early age to mask, but it carries a cost’
Masking is exhausting and often leads to people-pleasing tendencies, low-self esteem and a loss of identity
I tried to tell the GP I was seeing things but he ‘gave me eczema cream’
Survey results suggest about half of children in Ireland live with a parent with poor mental health for at least part of childhood
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