# mental-health - Thursday 30 June, 2022
# Inequality
# Inequality
Inspectors highlighted multiple serious risks and poor environments across five HSE approved centres in Cork.
# mental-health - Monday 20 June, 2022
# Mental Health
# Mental Health
Widespread mental health issues, particularly among young women are of ‘significant concern’.
# mental-health - Friday 17 June, 2022
# HSE
# HSE
46 patients have received treatment in the dedicated eating disorder service at St Vincent’s University Hospital in the last five years.
# mental-health - Wednesday 1 June, 2022
# Mental Health
# Mental Health
Speakers told demonstrators they had been let down by promises made by successive governments.
# mental-health - Tuesday 31 May, 2022
# Psychiatric Care
# Psychiatric Care
A group of academics and people with lived experience of treatment under the legislation advocate for a human rights based approach to treatment under proposed laws.
# mental-health - Sunday 29 May, 2022
# Mental Health
# Mental Health
What role do charities play in providing mental health supports in Ireland?
# mental-health - Wednesday 25 May, 2022
# Psychiatric Care
# Psychiatric Care
A HSE spokesperson said that in exceptional circumstances this may be in the best interest of the adolescent at that time.
# mental-health - Tuesday 24 May, 2022
# Eating Disorders
# Eating Disorders
Taoiseach Micheál Martin says the situation at Linn Dara is regrettable.
# mental-health - Sunday 22 May, 2022
# Camhs
# Camhs
Sinn Féin’s Mental Health spokesperson says the closures “will create nothing short of a crisis for child and adolescent services in the Dublin region”.
# mental-health - Tuesday 17 May, 2022
# Mental Health
# Mental Health
Presentations of eating disorders in the health service have significantly increased over the last several years.
# mental-health - Sunday 8 May, 2022
# Autonomy
# Autonomy
Dr Sarah Casey and Dr Aoife O’Callaghan say proposed changes to the MHA will hamper their ability to make quick decisions in cases of serious mental illness.
# mental-health - Saturday 7 May, 2022
# Darkness Into Light
# Darkness Into Light
The event took place in-person for the first time since the Covid-19 pandemic began.
# mental-health - Saturday 30 April, 2022
# Govt To Do List
# Govt To Do List
Hate crime law, remote working and mental health reforms – just some of the priorities for the summer.
# mental-health - Wednesday 20 April, 2022
# Mental Health
# Mental Health
“There’s nothing really that can compensate for the last four years,” one father said.
# mental-health - Sunday 10 April, 2022
# Mental Health
# Mental Health
Ireland currently has no facility like this for women experiencing severe mental health difficulties during pregnancy or after birth.
# mental-health - Saturday 5 March, 2022
# Coping With Conflict
# Coping With Conflict
Clinical Psychologist Dr Trudy Meehan has some practical ways to help us cling to hope in dark times.
# mental-health - Wednesday 16 February, 2022
# The Lancet
# The Lancet
The study, commissioned by The Lancet, found that depression remains poorly recognised and misunderstood despite being a common condition.
# mental-health - Friday 11 February, 2022
# Health Crisis
# Health Crisis
Referrals to St Vincent’s University Hospital in Dublin increased by more than 120% last year.
# mental-health - Monday 7 February, 2022
# Penal Reform
# Penal Reform
The annual Irish Penal Reform Trust’s progress in the penal system report was published today.
# mental-health - Tuesday 1 February, 2022
# Camhs
She said her son has been prescribed the wrong medication "many times", his bloods have not been checked since last summer. He has been admitted to A&E four times since November after saying he was going to take his own life. It follows revelations contained in a report last week that 46 children suffered "significant harm" while attending the HSE-run South Kerry CAMHS.
# mental-health - Friday 28 January, 2022
# Mental Health
# Mental Health
The Taoiseach said earlier that the findings will be addressed in a “non-adversarial way”.
# mental-health - Thursday 27 January, 2022
# Mental Health
# Mental Health
The report found 227 children were exposed to risk of harm due to the doctor’s diagnosis and treatment of them.
# mental-health - Wednesday 26 January, 2022
# ADHD
# ADHD
ADHD Ireland said it is “drowning” in calls from people asking about assessments and services.
# mental-health - Tuesday 25 January, 2022
# Camhs
# Camhs
The executive will issue written apologies to around 250 families.
# mental-health - Thursday 20 January, 2022
# Courts
# Courts
Papers were filed by solicitors for McGinley in the High Court yesterday.
# mental-health - Saturday 8 January, 2022
# Mental Health
People opposed to Covid measures are using incomplete CSO figures to claim suicides are rising. Restrictions on Coroners' Courts at the start of the pandemic meant the recorded number of suicides was artificially low. Researchers say inaccurate claims about rising suicide rates can harm vulnerable people.
# mental-health - Thursday 6 January, 2022
# INspections
# INspections
One centre failed to improve its overall compliance over a five-year period.
# mental-health - Thursday 30 December, 2021
# Mental Health Services
# Mental Health Services
The Mental Health Commission has said that there is no therapeutic benefit to restraints.
# mental-health - Wednesday 29 December, 2021
# Opening Up
From The42
# Opening Up
Hannah Looney’s mental health journey can be an example to all GAA players.
# mental-health - Friday 24 December, 2021
# Be Kind To Yourself
# Be Kind To Yourself
It isn’t an easy time for everyone, so we’ve taken a look at how this Christmas can be better for everyone.
# mental-health - Tuesday 21 December, 2021
# Wellness
# Wellness
Krystian Fikert says it’s important to take our time this Christmas and be kind to ourselves.
# mental-health - Friday 17 December, 2021
# Cork
# Cork
The Mental Health Commission carried out inspections at the two facilities.
# mental-health - Tuesday 14 December, 2021
# Budget
# Budget
€7 million of a one-off €10 million fund has been earmarked for improving the experiences of people using mental health services.
# ESRI
# ESRI
The ESRI study shows that 22% of men and 32% of women aged 20 scored highly for symptoms of depression.
# mental-health - Saturday 27 November, 2021
# Mental Health
From The42
# Mental Health
Bohemians and Ireland U21 player Ross Tierney on emerging from ‘a dark place’.
# mental-health - Tuesday 23 November, 2021
# Mental Health
# Mental Health
Helen McEntee will address the annual delegate conference of the Garda Representative Association today.
# mental-health - Wednesday 17 November, 2021
# Awareness
From The42
# Awareness
Former Dublin minor hurler Cormac Ryan will appear in a gripping documentary about eating disorders among men this week.
# mental-health - Tuesday 16 November, 2021
# Nursing Homes
# Nursing Homes
Researchers found that one in seven staff reported thinking of ending their life.
# mental-health - Friday 29 October, 2021
# Mental Health
# Mental Health
Yvonne Barnes-Holmes says that the level of suffering created by a lack of social interaction is just beginning to emerge.
# mental-health - Wednesday 20 October, 2021
# Mental Health
# Mental Health
The Irish Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children said children will continue to face ‘acute’ mental health challenges related to Covid.
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