It can be refreshing to hear people share stories of their own experiences with mental health. It’s nice to know we’re not alone and raise awareness for where we can go to get help. What’s Read more…
So you survived Friday the 13th just to be hit in the face with Blue Monday. ‘Blue Monday’ comes just as the Christmas and party season becomes a distant memory and the January blues officially Read more…
That gut wrenching feeling of fear when your heart sinks to the pit of your stomach. That feeling of stony numbness when you can’t find the passion to care. That looming feeling of dread brewing Read more…
During the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic, everyone around the world had to alter their daily routines. That ranged from online shopping to online teaching and people were forced to work from home. While Read more…
[dropcap]E[/dropcap]ach November, awareness toward men’s health is raised with the Movember campaign, a campaign in which people grow out their facial hair to raise money for various charities
How the reopening of the country is exciting but overwhelming. Read more…
[dropcap]C[/dropcap]ovid-19 arrived on Irish soil in early March 2020 and we are still living with the long-term effects of the pandemic 19 months later.
While we craved all the hallmarks of our normal lives with its foreign holidays and weekend getaways for 18 months, now that we can gradually reintroduce those aspects to our lives, many will experience what has been termed as post-pandemic anxiety. Read more…
The annual STAND student festival will be returning to 13 campuses this autumn, kicking off at University College Cork on the Monday and reaching DCU from the 25th of October to the 29th. Read more…
Jamie Mc Carron speaks to the pandemic’s student nurses, struggling with troubling memories, isolation and a constant fear of infection. Read more…
At the end of 2019, the Coronavirus pandemic took the world by surprise. Scientists worked long and hard over the past year to develop a sufficient vaccine, and they succeeded. But as the pandemic is slowly regressing due to the vaccination rollout programme taking place across the world, there are still other deadly illnesses that cannot be deterred by vaccination immunity. Read more…
2020 has been one hell of year. Really, it’s been hell.
So, it makes sense if you want to do what you can to make sure 2021 is better through achievable improvements – or resolutions – in your own life. Read more…
We’ve all had to find our coping mechanisms during the pandemic, especially over the last six weeks where we’ve all be stuck inside. And we’re not out of the woods yet, Level 3 can only give us so much freedom. Read more…
With a 6-week lockdown in Ireland, gyms have shut to many owner’s and participant’s disapproval.
Direct Provision is barely meeting the basic psychological needs of asylum seekers and needs to be replaced with a “more humane and ethical alternative” according to an open letter addressed to the Taoiseach and Minister of Children. Read more…
[dropcap]A [/dropcap]24/7 mental health text line was launched by the Union of Students in Ireland (USI) on Monday November 18th.
problems aren’t miraculously solved when you tell someone how you’re feeling Read more…
[dropcap]I[/dropcap]rish society has become better at discussing mental health issues. However, men across the country are still suffering and are largely being ignored. Last year, men accounted for 79 per cent of suicide deaths last Read more…
Eoghan McDermott gave a talk in the U last week where he discussed the issue of mental health and how it has impacted on his life and career. Read more…
Once you’re there and get absorbed in training, you start feeling a lot better. Read more…
‘Top-Ups’ were one of the Oireachtas Committee report’s recommendations on how to tackle the current vacancy crisis in the psychiatric nursing workforce. Read more…
Lorna Lawless discusses the effects of toxic friendships and why you need to remove them from your life. Read more…
(He) hammers home the point that depression and anxiety do not pick and choose who to affect. Being rich or successful is not an immunity against mental health problems. Read more…
[dropcap]D[/dropcap]CU have been working over the summer with an external organisation who offer 24/7 telephone counselling and will offer counselling in different locations around the country.
Mental health funding will see the total funding increase to €1 billion, an increase of 9 per cent. Read more…