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# Mental Health

All time
What is the psychological impact of Christmas?
Brian Hughes
6 Dec 2018
20.7k
57
'Beyond crisis': Almost half of beds for children with mental health needs closed due to safety concerns
30 Nov 2018
7.8k
2
'Our members deserve better': Concern over failure to fill Defence Forces psychiatrist role after no-one applies for job
28 Nov 2018
19.5k
86
'Walking into a crisis': 61 psychiatrist posts are vacant around the country
26 Nov 2018
30.0k
17
Mother pleads for funding as daughter spends over 115 days in Wexford General Hospital
22 Nov 2018
68.9k
7
Antidepressant prescriptions increased after Brexit vote
20 Nov 2018
9.3k
20
System slammed as 'outdated' after person who recovered from mental illness denied life assurance
19 Nov 2018
27.7k
46
'The power of laughter can't be underestimated': Irish clowns performing for refugee children in Greece
18 Nov 2018
8.5k
9
OPINION: 'I had to start transitioning... living with people who weren't going to agree with me or who didn't want to share a bathroom with me'
4 Nov 2018
28.8k
54
More than 1,600 children and teens waiting over a year for psychology appointments
3 Nov 2018
11.5k
44
More than two-thirds of Irish prisoners on 'restricted' regime kept in cells for 21 hours a day, report finds
27 Oct 2018
12.7k
51
Fans of Ariana Grande can't pick and choose who's off limits when it comes to mental health
23 Oct 2018
8.4k
6
‘You’ve got everything now, you should be fine’: How youth workers are helping LGBTI+ people post-marriage referendum
20 Oct 2018
18.0k
44
Opinion: 'Children need to learn the importance of exercise from their parents'
Dr Sarah Kelly
18 Oct 2018
14.6k
11
Develop national protocol on smartphone and social media use, mental health committee says
17 Oct 2018
5.3k
5
'I got to a point where I thought there was nothing in my life. I might as well just give up on it all'
10 Oct 2018
24.3k
9
Words of wisdom: How these 7 celebrities manage their mental health issues
6 Oct 2018
6.5k
1
Men account for eight in 10 suicides in Ireland
4 Oct 2018
38.1k
94
Vast majority of people believe that the HSE does not place enough focus on mental health services
4 Oct 2018
9.0k
26
Call for better access to alcohol treatment services to help tackle rural homelessness
19 Sep 2018
5.1k
2
'Disgraceful neglect': Public rally in Wexford today over lack in mental health services for young people
15 Sep 2018
10.7k
13
Anorexia patients hide batteries in sanitary pads to appear heavier while being treated in hospital
13 Sep 2018
28.6k
16
Mental health patients to be re-examined due to emergency legislation to address 'unconstitutional' law
13 Sep 2018
10.2k
1
15,000 people to take part in largest ever study of youth mental health
5 Sep 2018
20.9k
26
'We need to utilise the expertise of over-65s': First details emerge of Joan Freeman's presidential bid
4 Sep 2018
18.3k
47
Clinical file of patient 'observed unattended at desk' in psychiatric ward
25 Aug 2018
16.7k
10
New study finds that men can get postpartum depression too
12 Aug 2018
15.8k
30
Why Man United vetoed Jose Mourinho’s transfer wishlist and all the week's best sportswriting
12 Aug 2018
12.3k
9
'It's very important that we change the culture and make sure we don't lose another loved one like that'
7 Aug 2018
11.1k
4
'This is doing serious damage': One third of children's mental health beds closed due to staff shortages
6 Aug 2018
11.0k
28
Employee awarded €8,000 after colleague linked homosexuality to child abuse
1 Aug 2018
29.7k
64
HSE prescriptions for antidepressants and anxiety medications up by two thirds since 2009
1 Aug 2018
34.0k
85
'I stopped eating for days at a time, having no appetite or will to carry on and live'
Eoghan Gardiner
27 Jul 2018
26.0k
18
'Major changes' needed as 82 children admitted to adult mental health units
25 Jul 2018
9.0k
9
Former Love Island contestant Zara Holland has said that contestants will be 'haunted' by the show for the rest of their lives
25 Jun 2018
23.7k
0
'We spend €400 million each year on drugs while only €10 million is spent on counselling'
Sean Byrne
25 Jun 2018
21.7k
25
Brian Lenihan reveals that mental health battle forced his football retirement at 23
20 Jun 2018
49.2k
18
Almost 80% of corporate workers are concerned over mental health, study finds
20 Jun 2018
14.0k
57
Top psychiatrist says he resigned from HSE due to 'mental health inaction'
18 Jun 2018
28.1k
35
Addiction to video games is now a recognised illness
18 Jun 2018
34.5k
75
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