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# Mental Health

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Wellness Wednesday: 'Keep it simple' during this Covid-19 isolation, says a psychotherapist
Siobhán Murray
25 Mar 2020
32.0k
12
Trans people with gender-aligned passports and birth certificates less likely to feel suicidal, new research finds
17 Mar 2020
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'We're all in this together': How to look after your wellbeing and those around you during the coronavirus outbreak
Updated 16 Mar 2020
78.1k
43
Opinion: Samaritans volunteers are a community of ordinary people who care deeply about others
Anonymous Samaritan
5 Mar 2020
9.5k
2
Concerns raised for patients due to ‘total absence’ of community mental health services
19 Feb 2020
10.6k
17
This Tipperary 'biketown' has worked hard to recover from recession - but it's been an uphill struggle
5 Feb 2020
30.2k
4
'I might never see my parents again': Asylum seekers share their experiences of isolation and PTSD
30 Jan 2020
16.6k
40
Blanchardstown taskforce highlights increasing numbers of children dealing drugs
25 Jan 2020
28.1k
55
KeepAppy is making it easier for people to manage their mental health
23 Jan 2020
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'I wanted to end it all. I thought I was a burden on everyone'
16 Jan 2020
52.5k
10
Dublin mental health centre issued with 'critical' risk rating by watchdog
6 Jan 2020
15.7k
7
Mental health services failing vulnerable, warns sister of patient held in jail
1 Jan 2020
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35
Report finds lack of HSE oversight as restraint and seclusion in mental health facilities spikes dramatically
23 Dec 2019
6.0k
15
'There is no certain amount that is too much alcohol - it's what it does to the person'
22 Dec 2019
38.5k
69
Christmas can be stressful - here are ways to mind your mental health during the holidays
22 Dec 2019
17.1k
9
Defence Forces finally fill psychiatrist role after nearly two-year long vacancy
19 Dec 2019
10.1k
4
Teenage girl was on mental health waiting list for three months before suicide
6 Dec 2019
44.2k
14
Journal Media won two prizes at Headline's Mental Health Media Awards today
4 Dec 2019
7.7k
5
New 24/7 mental health helpline to provide signposting to supports and services
28 Nov 2019
6.2k
10
Number of teenagers reporting severe anxiety in Ireland doubles since 2012, report finds
19 Nov 2019
25.4k
74
Patients sleeping on floor of Waterford psychiatric unit described as 'shocking'
1 Nov 2019
39.8k
78
Central Mental Hospital is at full capacity, prisoners with severe conditions wait 120 days for transfer
25 Oct 2019
17.5k
18
Mother can't be committed to CMH as it has reached 'full capacity in its quota of female patients', court hears
24 Oct 2019
15.6k
'He had a heart of gold': Inquest rules death of park ranger at council depot was suicide
15 Oct 2019
32.8k
10
New 24-hour mental health information line launched to help people access services
13 Oct 2019
11.6k
14
How a 'safety plan' can help a person who is suicidal
10 Oct 2019
13.6k
16
More than 9,785 people presented to hospital due to self-harm last year
10 Oct 2019
5.8k
5
'I turned to my husband Niall and asked if we could bring the baby back to the hospital'
Nicola Fallon
9 Oct 2019
29.6k
10
Opinion: The mental health of our children should be the focus of Budget 2020, not Brexit
Stephanie McGill-Lynch
6 Oct 2019
27.9k
38
'Depression in pregnancy is common - it's a condition, not a weakness'
6 Oct 2019
9.3k
2
First case of 'Brexit-triggered psychosis' reported by doctor in UK
2 Oct 2019
22.8k
23
'Spending time in daylight is huge, especially if you work full time': How to mind your mental health this winter
Elaine Austin
1 Oct 2019
19.6k
7
'If you think about it like an iceberg, I only show you what I want you to see'
25 Sep 2019
8.1k
2
Lynn Ruane: Sport is part of the solution to address young men's mental health
Lynn Ruane
8 Sep 2019
13.2k
11
'Two friends died by suicide': Doctors say 'profoundly dysfunctional' health service takes huge toll
3 Sep 2019
67.0k
39
The mental health-based play that's literally being performed in a Croke Park dressing room
31 Aug 2019
14.4k
1
'It's alarming': Concerns raised about impact of recruitment freeze on mental health posts
31 Aug 2019
11.8k
24
Using social media 3 or more times a day may compromise teenage girls' health, study finds
14 Aug 2019
9.0k
4
No mental health beds for children in 19 counties forcing them into adult units or waiting in A&Es
11 Aug 2019
8.9k
16
Inspection of mental health residences describes 'bare, musty' bedrooms
25 Jul 2019
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