Sunday 19 September, 2021
The programme, which had been a regular fixture in the TV schedule since 2005, was pulled in 2019.
Flexible mental health supports, monitoring trends, and countering misinformation are of key importance, Ireland’s first professor of public mental health believes.
Ella Arensman has been appointed Ireland’s first Professor of Public Mental Health.
There have been multiple posts on social media making claims about the number of suicides in an area of Galway recently.
In the video, Ben Gilroy makes a number of false and misleading claims about coronavirus and suicide in Ireland.
The video-sharing app has said it will ban users that repeatedly try to share the footage on its platform.
The claim has spread widely on Facebook and Twitter and has caused significant distress.
Caroline Flack’s mental state and her impending prosecution contributed to her suicide, the coroner found.
The programme was axed last year after an outcry following the death of guest Steve Dymond.
“The situation isn’t irretrievable – there are simple, practical measures that everyone can do to turn it around.”
Depression occurs in 10 to 15% of pregnant women but it’s often misdiagnosed.
About one million patients in Ireland are on waiting lists to see a consultant.
Consultants have said staffing and resource issues are impacting their mental health and compromising patient care.
Lawyers representing women who claim they were sexually abused by Epstein have vowed to go after his assets.
The 66-year-old was accused of trafficking girls as young as 14 for sex when he was found dead in his jail cell.
The convicted paedophile was found dead in a prison cell in New York at the weekend.
A manhunt was launched for Kam McLeod and Bryer Schmegelsky after three people were found murdered.
Epstein was found dead in his cell in a suspected suicide.
Researchers said: ‘The results of this study should raise awareness that young people are particularly vulnerable to the media.’
Mike Thalassitis was found dead in London last weekend.
“She was not the Kelly that we knew,” her father said, after she struggled to recover from an accident.
Tributes have been pouring in for the singer, who reportedly died by suicide.
The hoodie debuted during London Fashion Week.
The CEO of the company says it needs to do more.
Two new plays from a Northern Irish theatre company are touring the island of Ireland – and want to shed light on men and mental health.
Karen Docherty is calling for stronger support systems to be put in place for families affected by suicide.
Wexford, where the TD is from, has the highest suicide rate in the country.
The popular Netflix drama has proven controversial, with research around the world ongoing.
Leona O’Callaghan was groomed and raped by Patrick O’Dea when she was a child.
The case has drawn about 40 million views and generated thousands of comments in recent days.
Troyer died last April of suicide by alcohol intoxication, the Los Angeles County coroner’s office has reported.
The overall rate of suicide deaths has decreased in recent years.
Maurice Ahern died “due to shock and haemorrhage due to gunshot wounds to the chest, self-inflicted”.
Marise Gaughan writes about her father’s suicide, and how she copes with mental health issues. On World Suicide Prevention Day, she asks what we can do about suicide in Ireland.
The research will help influence youth mental health policy and practice in Ireland.
A support group is calling for better support, funding and care for victims.
“Counselling was the most important intervention in my life and that’s not to be dramatic, that’s just being honest.”
Education Minister Richard Bruton announced that the SafeTALK programme will be rolled out to six further education centres.
For women who can barely afford to feed and clothe their children, private counselling services are not even an option, writes Tara Deacy.
The actor has died at the age of 49.
