In this symposium, we focus on the mental health of young people in Ireland. The symposium aims to increase our understanding of risk and protective factors of mental health problems across various groups of young people, to provide an insight into their help-seeking ...
Northern IrelandCOVID-19Coronavirus Act 2020Emergency legislationThis article examines the changes made to mental health and capacity laws in Northern Ireland through temporary emergency legislation, known as the Coronavirus Act 2020. The purpose of the legislation was to respond to the emergency ...
Highlighting that the legacy of the Troubles still has a significant impact on mental health in Northern Ireland, with mental health issues being most prevalent in deprived areas and areas affected by the violence, the report states: “The social determinants of health, such as income, education ...
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Almost half – or 52 per cent – of respondents believe workplaces in Ireland “are not open to employing people with mental health difficulties”. SPMHS is Ireland’s largest independent, not-for-profit mental health service provider. It is seeking to encourage employers an...
The Ulster University Student Wellbeing study, which commenced in September 2015 in Northern Ireland (NI), was conducted as part of this initiative (wave 1, n = 739), using the WMH-CIDI to examine psychopathology. Baseline prevalence rates of lifetime and 12-month mental health and substance...
Monisha realized that the hard way. She eventually addressed her mental health issues, taking a path of prioritizing wellness. While making candles as an activity that calmed her, she saw an opportunity for her next business. She’s back in the entrepreneur game with her businessScent & Fire...
mental health need training of social workerGoals: In 2012 a harrowing report into the deaths of children in State care in Ireland was published. This confirmed the already well-established view of these children as physically and emotionally vulnerable. This study aimed to look at the training ...
The gap between need and access to youth mental health care is incontestable. Between 50-80 percent of youth who need support access no treatment at all. And this gap is a feature, not a bug, of how care is delivered. Most mental health treatment happens in brick-and-mortar, hard-to...
When Gail Z Martin, the Pocket Rocket, approached me to take part in this campaign to raise awareness of mental health issues I wanted to be involved. At the same time I felt the subject was very raw and I wasn’t sure that I could put my thoughts into coherent blog post. (There is...