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Saturday 28 November 2020
Psychotherapist Gerry Cunningham urges us to use the supports available.
Dil Wickremasinghe says it’s challenging for couples at the moment.
The service is available to both adults and children who are affected by cancer.
Mike Thalassitis was found dead in London last weekend.
Taoiseach Leo Varadkar said today that he would raise LGBT rights issues with the vice president.
Arc Cancer Support helps people deal with the emotional and physical challenges they face before, during and after treatment.
CARI has said children suffering from sexual abuse may have to wait up to 18 months for therapy, unless funding is increased.
More than 7,000 people have sought information on the programme which is offered in 11 centres across Germany.
Some 87% of people under the age of 18 presenting with eating disorders are female.
Aodhán Ó Ríordáin explained why the seeds of Labour’s demise were sown in 2011 in a wide-ranging interview with TheJournal.ie this week.
Cancer survivors talk about how difficult it can be to re-adjust to life after treatment.
People are different – from each other and from what the books say. A “textbook case” is rare, if not non-existent.
The alternative treatment helps patients learn how to respond more constructively to their thoughts and feelings.
It’s based on a Channel 4 show concept.
We may have a BDSM-heavy blockbuster in our cinemas, but Irish people are still a little backward about coming forward for help with sexual problems.
This could be great news for the HSE.
“When you’re online, you don’t get to choose who to edit out.”
The clinical trial has shown how to reduce hospital visits for patients with a certain kind of tumour.
The absence of two nurses means another two have to be trained in on the treatment.
The Irish Institute of Naturopathic Medicine is calling on the government to support its pilot programme to help reduce suicide in prisons.
One child was so distressed that he talked about killing himself – now he is in a specialist language unit and more confident, his mother said.
The Irish Heart Foundation is urging speedy action from health authorities to ensure services focus on psychological as well as physical recovery.
For years, my eating disorder controlled my life; no matter how thin I got, I wouldn’t be satisfied. It’s this symptom of anorexia that makes it so dangerous, writes Vicky Kavanagh.
I work full time, I have young kids, and I also have a mental illness. Living with depression is never going to be easy but I’m getting better – and that’s because I’m being open and unashamed about it, writes Fiona Kennedy.
The robotic arm, developed by students at the University of Pennsylvania, is designed to help both the elderly and those who need physical rehabilitation.
Young adults approaching the age of 18 will have no place in Stewarts Hospital in Dublin come September.
In an interview with TheJournal.ie, volunteer co-ordinator Mairead Mallon says that they are looking at how to involve more men in the volunteering process.
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Jennifer’s* son had to wait nine months after reporting his abuse before a HSE therapist was assigned.
HSE counselling services for children specifically exclude child sexual abuse as it is not considered a mental health issue.
Team in Spain says it is best indication yet that a ‘therapeutic vaccine’ might be possible in place of anti-retroviral drugs.
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy has proven to be effective when people have not responded to antidepressants, if they have it alongside medication, a new trial shows.
The state’s governor says the legislation should relegate such treatments “to the dustbin of quackery”.
A video game developed by an Irish clinical psychologist is being used to help children in therapy – now it is seeking volunteers to help turn it into an app.
CARI’s annual report for 2011 also showed change in callers’ primary concern from intra- to extra-familial abuse.
Researchers in New Zealand have developed a computer game which they say is effective at treating mild and moderate depression in teenagers.
The research, which was conducted by a team that including researchers in NUI Maynooth, helps to predict how successful addicts will be in treatment for their drug use.
Ireland’s public problems are causing private anguish – and it’s all coming out in the counselling room, writes therapist Eoin Stephens.
US researchers say they’ve developed a drug that could cure the common cold, ‘flu and other ailments not affected by antibiotics.
THE GOVERNMENT ANNOUNCED last night that Ireland will return to Level 3 restrictions (with some variations) for the month of December.
It follows six weeks of Level 5 restrictions, and the new guidelines will allow people to be a bit more social and for businesses to open ahead of Christmas, offering a sense of relief to many after a tough year.
But although Covid-19 cases have reduced in recent weeks, there are worries that going back to Level 3 now will inevitably lead to a rise in cases again and that we’ll face tighter restrictions again in the new year.
So today, we want to know: Do you agree with the Government’s decision to reduce Ireland’s Covid-19 restrictions to Level 3?
Poll Results:
Share your story: voices@thejournal.ie
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