Strange new worlds and a summer camp murder: YA reads for June
Skipshock by Caroline O’Donoghue; Best of All Worlds by Kenneth Oppel; The Brightest Star by Meg Grehan; The Last Wish List by Jacqueline Silvester; Exit Stage Death by Ava Eldred
Mental health
The Sleep Room by Jon Stock: Could an Irish version of this frightening scandal in British psychiatry yet emerge?
A chillling account of psychiatrist William Sargent’s treatment of women patients in the 1960s
The Dublin scout leader who died a day before his trial and the men who accuse him of abuse
Neville Kearns died in a crash in 2024, a day before he was due to stand trial on charges relating to assault, rape and attempted rape of boys in the 1980s and 1990s
Mary Ann Kenny: ‘I was crying out for help, for myself and for my children’
The Women’s Podcast with Róisín Ingle
Mental Health Bill bypassing health committee ‘sets a dangerous precedent’, says chair
Minister for Mental Health says she wants to ensure Bill is enacted by end of year
‘My 16-year-old son doesn’t like the way he looks. He seems to be struggling with puberty’
Ask the Expert: ‘He has now said he doesn’t want to hang out with his friends at school any more but won’t say why’
Ireland’s young adults on the future: ‘We are lost, forgotten about, no prospects’
From the housing crisis and precarious work to putting off big life decisions such as marriage and children, four people aged 19-37 are wary of what’s ahead
How to set boundaries in your personal and work relationships, and why it’s important
Wellness Wisdom: We cannot change people, but we can change how we interact with them. Here’s how
The Last Ditch by Eamonn Sweeney: Brave admissions about mental health struggles hit hard in follow-up
The Last Ditch by Eamonn Sweeney: Brave admissions about mental health struggles hit hard in follow-up
‘Losing my husband, losing my mind’: Author says she is living proof people can recover from severe mental illness
Lecturer Mary Ann Kenny’s husband John collapsed in 2015 while jogging and died. She developed psychosis, spending 10 weeks in a psychiatric hospital
‘It’s still raw after 24 years’: Walkers remember personal tragedy at poignant Darkness into Light event
Numbers participating are reduced, but for those taking part, moment of morning remembrance is important
Darkness into Light in pictures: Thousands take part in predawn walk to raise funds for Pieta
Walks took place at several locations across the country where participants walked 5km as the sun rose
‘Alan Hawe was a wolf in sheep’s clothing who fooled us all’: Clodagh Hawe’s sister on her fight for the truth
In her memoir, Deadly Silence, Jacqueline Connolly traces the unimaginable tragedies in her life, the coercive control her sister suffered and her fight to make the murders of her loved ones count for something
Tens of thousands to take part in Darkness into Light at more than 200 locations
The event raises funds for Pieta, a charity that supports people affected by suicide or self-harm
Better mental health support needed for women after giving birth says midwifery professor
TCD academic says ending postnatal care six weeks after birth means women struggling with potentially serious issues are falling through the cracks
The quest for perfection is doing you much more bad than good - here’s why
Striving for unachievable goals can lead to depression and feelings of low self-worth
Ask the experts: why are suicide rates reaching 20-year lows in Ireland?
The latest provisional rate is the lowest for two decades
Adam Loughnane asked for help at a Galway hospital. Three hours later he was dead
A family is bereaved by suicide every day in Ireland even though most who take their lives have sought help. This is one young man’s story
Why learning to say ‘no’ is the best skill you’ll ever learn
We say yes even though we may not have the time or energy. As those yesses rack up, we are exhausted, overwhelmed and stuck in a cycle of people pleasing
Climate anxiety is like parenthood: you get used to living with constant worry
Climate anxiety can incite despair and hopelessness which, for those with existing mental health problems, can lead to depression and substance abuse
As my life got easier, I got angrier. Things should not be so hard for the working class
I cannot accept that mental health issues and neurodivergence are ‘overdiagnosed’
Managing stress: ‘It’s okay to put down some of the plates you’re spinning before they all come crashing down’
‘The body is built for stress, but breaks if you don’t let it reboot and recharge once in a while’
Yes, smartphone addiction is unhealthy – but so is getting a dumb phone and pretending it’s 2003
Going cold turkey creates as many problems as it solves. Plus, it’s not going to work
Supporting new mothers: ‘Crises should not be the trigger for postnatal care’
New campaign Year of Care aims to highlight the particular needs that arise in the first year of motherhood
Derry’s Anton Tohill on mental health and sport: ‘The biggest wake up call for me was Red Óg’
Derry midfielder was close to Red Óg Murphy in Australia and now gives GPA mental health workshops to GAA clubs
Two decades after Weight Watchers, I still have unhealthy attitudes to certain foods
Weight Watchers is floundering but the damaging diet culture it spawned is going nowhere
How to stop running away from difficult emotions when you feel overwhelmed
Wellness Wisdom: Our bodies can serve as a storage container for our emotions, especially those that go unexpressed or unaddressed
Huge variations between hospitals in treatment of mental health emergencies
Children with psychosis and suicidality may be left for up to a week in emergency departments, unable to access appropriate care
Neuropsychologist Ian Robertson: McIlroy’s reaction to double bogey was one of the strangest things at the Masters
Winning, as McIlroy is discovering, is like an amazing vaccine against negative evaluation - that’s why Oscar winners live longer than nominees
Are adolescent boys being influenced by online misogyny and porn to commit sexual assaults?
Experts who work with young offenders discuss whether the Netflix series Adolescence is true to life
How to overcome self-doubt: ‘It is very natural. Even the most successful people in the world feel it’
Wellness Wisdom: Fear can often stop us in our tracks but it’s important to try and rise above it
Surge in child ADHD diagnoses sees two HSE areas contain half of spiralling waiting lists
Mary Butler said two HSE areas were now bearing 50 per cent of the national waiting list
Mental health: ‘Shame is carried by people as a result of trauma. That sense of shame might be buried quite deep’
High prevalence of trauma exists in people seeking help with depression, anxiety or personality disorders, yet trauma itself isn’t always the focus, says clinical psychologist
Why is mental health so much worse among Irish youths than adults?
Insta-therapy or therapy-speak should not be confused with real, very valuable therapy
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