Mental Health
Mental health charity blasts Kasabian for ‘psycho’ music video
irishmirror.ie, 01-Apr-2017
A mental health organisation has blasted Kasabian over their new video set in a psychiatric hospital.
Mental Health and Well-being Fair
Independent.ie, 01-Apr-2017
A Mental Health and Well-being Fair will take place in Swords in April, alongside registration for the Cycle Against Suicide Event. The fair is taking place in Fingal County Council offices on Main Street on Saturday, April 22 from 2pm to 3.30pm.
#TeenMentalHealth Report Day 2: Nearly 75% of teens worry about body shape
irishexaminer.com, 31-Mar-2017
In a special report, Irish Examiner journalists looks at teen mental health. A special Irish Examiner / ReachOut Ireland teen mental health survey was designed to capture the views of teenagers in Ireland in relation to youth mental health and the issues that affect them
Health report critical of Department of psychiatry at Roscommon University Hospital
shannonside.ie, 31-Mar-2017
The health watchdog has made 13 findings of noncompliance against the department of psychiatry at Roscommon University Hospital. In a new report, the Mental Health Commission deemed the premises noncompliant and gave it a ‘high-risk’ rating.
DEVASTATING DISORDER What is anorexia nervosa? After BBC’s Mark Austin confronts his daughter, what are the signs, symptoms and treatment of the disorder
thesun.ie, 31-Mar-2017
Former ITN News at Ten anchor Mark Austin has shared his despair at watching daughter Maddy “wasting away” with anorexia. He has previously told how he struggled to cope with the illness, but what happens when people have the disorder?
#TeenMentalHealth Report Day 1: ‘I can’t concentrate anymore in class because all I can hear is their voices in my head’
irishexaminer.com, 30-Mar-2017
In a special report, Claire O’Sullivan looks at teen mental health. A special Irish Examiner / ReachOut Ireland teen mental health survey was designed to capture the views of teenagers in Ireland in relation to youth mental health and the issues that affect them.
Deaths were caused by closure of psychiatric unit, says former Mayor
Nationalist and Munster Advertiser, Page 17, 30-Mar-2017
Former Mayor blames HSE for closure of mental health beds.
HOUSING CAN PLAY A HUGE ROLE IN GOOD MENTAL HEALTH
Health Matters, Page 65, 30-Mar-2017
Innovative new design guidelines for home design for people living with enduring and life altering mental health conditions (e. g. some forms of schizophrenia) to improve their experience of their living space.
WHAT IS INFANT MENTAL HEALTH AND WHY IT IS IMPORTANT?
Health Matters, Page 40,41, 30-Mar-2017
Infant mental health refers to how a baby develops from birth to 3 years.
Suicide
Over forty thousand calls a year to Kildare Samaritan branch
leinsterleader.ie, 29-Mar-2017
The Newbridge branch of the Samaritans, which provides a listening services for those with issues worrying them, had 43,000 calls to it last year, Kildare County Council was told.
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