WATCH: Bressie gives impassioned speech about the 'epidemic of this generation'
“We simply cannot ignore this anymore. We have to be honest and ask ourselves, ‘Truly are we doing enough?’”
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“We simply cannot ignore this anymore. We have to be honest and ask ourselves, ‘Truly are we doing enough?’”
Ovulation calendars, doctors’ appointments, tests and treatments start to take over.
Pregnant women who find themselves depressed often feel a lot of guilt, writes Catriona Spellman.
I was alone, no one could pull me out and I wasn’t strong enough to climb out myself, writes Karl Melvin.
Many look forward to Christmas and New Year as it is a time to reconnect with family, however, for others, it’s not so easy.
The ex-Premier League player chats to us about his new book.
The Milford star says she was taunted about her depression.
‘The whole of Lismore were out looking for me… they found me in time, I suppose.’
Actress Mary McEvoy spoke about her difficulties with mental health as she relaunched the Irish branch of Recovery International.
The Spin 1038 broadcaster has been tweeting about her mental breakdown.
Glen Murphy McNally died days after discharging himself. An open verdict was returned at the inquest.
18-year-old Conrad Roy killed himself in Massachusetts last summer.
“It’s the most common illness in the country.”
Bekah Miles got her tattoo to encourage people to talk about depression.
Bekah Miles got her tattoo to encourage people to talk about depression.
But not necessarily because they are goths.
Her associates had said she was just on “summer break”.
Siphathisiwe Moyo has lived under direct provision in Ireland for the last seven years.
Dublin-based skeleton (bobsleigh) athlete, Brendan Doyle, chats to The42 about his future ambitions.
Breifne Earley chats to The42 about his incredible achievement.
The Greek problem will never be solved within the eurozone. It’s time to let them leave the euro, default on their loans, and try to rebuild from there with the drachma.
The Toulon star lifts the lid on a difficult period in his life in a new autobiography.
Its proponents say it offers advantages over other services – but just how popular is e-therapy in Ireland? We talk to mental health support website Turn2Me.org.
Organiser John Flynn chats to The42 about the upcoming event.
Mathieu Bastareaud is living proof that depression should never be the end.
The alternative treatment helps patients learn how to respond more constructively to their thoughts and feelings.
Postnatal depression affected me so badly I couldn’t leave the house, but I reached out for help – and it’s the best thing I’ve ever done.
It included correspondence to his flight training school.
The cricketer appeared on RTÉ’s Saturday Night show.
“Many of the greatest, most responsible people have been depressives.”
Ireland has exceptionally high rates of male suicide, but it’s being met with a wall of silence.
Staying quiet about a mental health problem is the worst thing you can do, which is why a new campaign is being launched in out third level institutions.
Ryan Mangan is one of five young people representing Ireland at an international poetry festival.
You sent us some great questions, so let’s see what the expert had to say…
Dr Murphy will take part in a LIVE Q&A on mental health at our offices tomorrow.
Mental health difficulties occur in every constituency, across every demographic. And it’s time proper attention was paid to the problem.
He wrote to Ryan Tubridy today to thank the show.
There have been calls for specialised suicide prevention programmes in prisons.
It’s OK not to be OK. But you need to talk before it’s all too late, before you’ve broken hearts or – most importantly – broken yourself.