Posted on 11. Jun, 2008 in Depression, Education, Mental Health, Suicide
2008 marks the seventh year of the Young Social Innovators or YSI projects. YSI is aimed at 15-18 year olds in Ireland who feel that they want to do something to change their world or the way society looks at an issue. This year’s winner of the category for “Making our World Healthier” was St. […]
Posted on 30. Apr, 2008 in Education, Exams, Schools, Stress
May is the month of exam preparation and this year over 100,000 students will be sitting the Junior and Leaving Certificate. Stress is usually a feature of these exams as everybody feels under pressure to do well. Eanna Basquille is a Junior Cert student in an all-Irish school in Dublin. Here he talks candidly to […]
Posted on 02. Apr, 2008 in Depression, Mental Health, Suicide, Young people
Suicide is something that all families and parents dread. It brings on feeling of loss as well as guilt. Unfortunately suicide rates in Ireland continue to remain high, especially amongst young adults. Miriam Gormally met Suzanne Costello from the Samaritans to find out why?
Posted on 05. Sep, 2007 in Depression, Mental Health, Suicide
September 10th is designated World Suicide Day – a day which, sadly, will be remembered by so many people in Ireland because of their personal connection with someone whose life has ended by suicide. Geraldine Clare, Chief Executive Officer of AWARE, explained to Eileen Good that AWARE are sometimes the first port of call for […]
Posted on 27. Jun, 2007 in Caring for Children, Different abilities, Family, Mental Health
Summertime is usually a time of pleasure for parents when they get to spend more time with their children. However for parents caring for children with a brain injury it can be a trying time. These children normally accustomed to and requiring routine find themselves with long days and nothing to do. A situation which […]
Posted on 12. Jun, 2007 in Eating Disorder, Health, Mental Health
Eating distress is a very serious problem and people who are not treated can die. Previously on this programme we heard from Lee a girl who had eating distress talking frankly about her experience with it and how she recovered through the help of the people at the Marino Therapy Centre. Marie and Jerry Campion […]
Posted on 12. Jun, 2007 in Depression, Media, Mental Health, Suicide
‘Headline’ is Ireland’s national media monitoring programme for mental health and suicide, working to promote responsible and accurate coverage of mental health and suicide related issues with the Irish media. Miriam Gormally met with Jane Arigho who told her about her role in the organisation and the aims of Headline.
Posted on 30. May, 2007 in Depression, Media, Mental Health, Suicide
Suicide prevention is a high priority in Ireland, where more people die by suicide than in road accidents. Miriam Gormally met Geoff Day from the National Office for Suicide prevention in Ireland at the launch of the website, www.headline.ie, which looks at ways to help people deal with the media coverage of suicide and allows […]
Posted on 30. May, 2007 in Eating Disorder, Health, Mental Health, Young people
Eating distress has the highest mortality rates of all mental illness and causes serious psychological distress, yet it is often seen as a “fad” or a fashion driven desire. The key to understating eating distress is that food and size are used as a way to control or deal with emotions and this can take […]
Posted on 16. May, 2007 in Death, Depression, Media, Mental Health, Suicide
Suicide is now the most common cause of death amongst young men in Ireland today, but one that is very difficult to report on. Editors and journalists worry about whether the events should be reported and then how it should be reported. Headline is a web site, which has been set up to give guidelines […]