Ireland is 4th of 31 European countries when we compare suicide rates for young people aged 15-19 In 2014, the Central Statistics Office reported that 459 people died by suicide in Ireland. We also know there is a strong relationship between suicide and self-harming behaviours, which...
Drugs. We all know what they are and we have an idea why people take them, but do we know what the consequences for our mental health are? Certain drugs (even prescription ones) can have a pretty big impact on your mental health, so it's...
Being there for people and offering a listening ear when they need to talk, will make a big difference for them and for you. Find out more here. (Source: yourmentalhealth.ie)...
Left school? What next? There's loads of options available to you. Find out more here (Source: Reachout.com)...
Over the last couple of months, I’ve written a lot about what it’s like to directly experience the impact of mental health difficulties – how they can manifest, the lengths we sometimes have to go to to get help, as well as the reality of...
What do London, Sydney, Copenhagen, Capetown and now Mayo have in common? Well, these are some of the wonderful locations worldwide that host a Parkrun event. Parkrun is a global network of weekly 5 km timed runs or walks in local parks that take place every...
If you stick around long enough, you can witness some wonderful changes in how we humans operate and deal with life. A couple of years ago, for example, you rarely came across people talking about mental health or mental illness. Now and again it would...
Helen McEntee TD, Minister of State for Mental Health and Older People, today announced the membership of the National Taskforce on Youth Mental Health, a key priority in the first 100 days of Partnership Government. The Minister confirmed “This is a significant milestone in our...
If it is important enough for you to worry about, then it’s important enough for us to want to listen. So says Rachel Wright, policy and communications manager for the Samaritans. There are lessons that we can all take and apply to our everyday lives from the...
New Autumn / Winter Courses programme 2016 is available through the link below. Please have a browse through it to see if there is any course that you might like to do that would be helpful to you. All of the work of the Family Centre...