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
Mental health
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
GP and author Claire Gleeson: ‘I have dealt with patients who lose complete touch with reality’
Her debut novel, Show Me Where it Hurts, explores the before and after of an ‘out of the blue’ tragedy to devastating effect
The Age of Diagnosis by Suzanne O’Sullivan and No More Normal by Alastair Santhouse: Intelligently exploring questions of immense public importance
Are we becoming victims of too much medicine? Are diagnoses doing more harm than good? Those are among the contentious questions addressed with sensitivity in these two valuable books
The three simple lessons we can learn from ancient wisdom
Wellness Wisdom: Ancient wisdom encourages us to ask questions, challenge ideas and enable free thought, but is this happening?
The underlying problem of boyhood is manhood
There is nothing natural about male violence. Boys are growing up in a profoundly troubled culture
Adolescence in teenagers’ own words: ‘Parents have absolutely no idea’
Young people are familiar with social media terms and concepts mentioned in the Netflix drama, and know misogyny is rife online. Their parents? Not so much
Smartphone bans in isolation fail to equip children for healthy use of tech, say experts
‘Schools, teachers and parents require training and guidance to help them support children’s healthy use of technology’
Children experiencing mental illness can’t afford to wait for reform to happen by magic
One in five people aged 10-19 meet the criterion for a mental health disorder. It is critical we make sure we have systems in place to provide them with the care they need
‘We can’t recruit’: Psychiatrists propose Camhs reforms to improve patient care
College of Psychiatrists of Ireland launches model of governance and management structures for Camhs
Almost 50% of people have no savings and are struggling financially, survey shows
Pension deficit looms as just one in 10 women feels ‘very prepared’ financially and fewer than one in four men
Áine Ní Bhreisleáin brings us on a wellness journey featuring Joe Wicks, yurt saunas and flinging beer bottles with vengeful abandon
Television: TG4′s Sonas is feel-good factual filmmaking where hard questions are left to one side, and everyone has a grand time
Admitting a patient without consent and not treating them isn’t ‘care’ - it’s imprisonment
Under the Mental Health Bill 2024, doctors would decide who is deprived of liberty, but judges would decide who is treated. That makes no sense
‘I lost a lot through my bulimia – including some of my teeth and a lot of time’
Now a year into recovery, Róisín Doyle (24) shares her long struggle with eating disorders. She says when you’ve had enough, you’ll know that you’re ready to recover
Private counselling sessions are the new school grinds
In wanting to comfort our children and ease their burden, we are in danger of depriving them of learning for themselves
Defective concrete-block homes linked to ‘severely high’ prevalence of mental health conditions
Rates of depression, anxiety, post-traumatic stress disorder were ‘comparable to those seen in disaster-stricken and displaced populations’
Three things we give up when we turn away from Catholicism
Unthinkable: Asking whether we have lost something from our lapsed Catholicism is not about rushing back to the past. It’s about facing the future with greater self-awareness
My kids and I put a message in a bottle. What happened next restored my faith in humanity
No one is more full of hope than young children who don’t see the caveats and catastrophes of real life
Girls and sport: ‘You don’t really aspire to be something that you don’t see. There’s a lot more to be done’
Camogie player Niamh McGrath reflects on keeping girls – and mothers – playing sport
Farming as therapy: One family’s vision for changing mental health care in Ireland
After losing their son Kieran to suicide, John and Vicky McKeon set up Kyrie Farm, which aims to offer an approach to mental health recovery rooted in purpose, community and healing in nature
Loneliness in Ireland: ‘There’s nothing as lonely as being married to someone you know doesn’t love you’
Ireland has the highest rate of loneliness in Europe. Why is this the case and what is being done about it?
ADHD services in Ireland overwhelmed by ‘tsunami’ of demand
Young people aged 16-24 received most ADHD prescriptions, accounting for 43,518 last year, while men and boys accounted for almost 60% of total
Eating disorders: ‘I wouldn’t speak to my worst enemy the way I talked to myself’
Bulimia, anorexia and other such disorders affect almost 190,000 people in Ireland, but help is available
Loneliness: ‘I usually say I’m fine, but the reality is, most days, I’m at home by myself with my memories’
Ireland is the loneliest country in Europe, statistically. Campaigners want urgent Government action
Four signs your cortisol levels are out of control – and what to do about it
The naturally occurring ‘stress hormone’ helps to regulate our stress responses and our sleep-wake cycle
‘What you eat affects the structure and function of your brain and ultimately your mood’
Better food can make for better mood. Embrace a diet rich in fruit, vegetables, whole grains, lean proteins and healthy fats
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