We risk over-diagnosing anxiety. There’s another way to look at it
The intense focus on our emotions and internal mental states without considering what is causing them can have problematic side effects
Mental health
Tech makes cancelling plans with friends frictionless, but there is a real cost
A mutual contract to show up for each other, especially when it’s hard, is what builds real relationships
Finding healing spaces: ‘Going on this retreat was a turning point for me’
Getting the right support at the right time is key to managing trauma
In praise of rugby star Caelan Doris for opening up on therapy and mental health
His openness and honesty about his mental health will hopefully serve as a catalyst
Just one facility inspected by Mental Health Commission fully compliant with regulations
Instances of ‘critical-risk’ and ‘high-risk’ relating to premises and privacy identified at Co Waterford ward
When people describe others as ‘suffering with nerves’, I wonder if they say it about me too
‘How is your mental health?’ a friend boomed at me recently, sensing, I suppose, that I was off
New model of care could reduce ADHD waiting lists for children
Mental health Minister to fund 40 specialist nurses to support people in crisis in emergency departments
Transgender rights misinformation is the last thing schools need
It was irresponsible of the Irish Council for Civil Liberties to publish the Know Your Rights guide
Age restrictions needed for social media amid looming ‘public health emergency’ – Harris
Platforms ‘experimenting with the minds and brains of young people’, Tánaiste says
I met an extraordinary man this week. Simon has never owned a mobile phone
As my own digital detox continues, I’m learning to appreciate time as the most valuable and finite resource any of us will ever have
Caelan Doris: ‘Therapy opened a can of worms for me. I didn’t know what I was going to find’
A series of concussions forced Ireland rugby captain Caelan Doris to confront anxiety, emotional repression and inherited trauma. What followed was a reckoning that changed how he lives, leads and listens
Employers urged to embed grief care into staff wellbeing initiatives
‘The grief doesn’t go away if it is not dealt with properly,’ says Amy Gibney of the Irish Hospice Foundation
‘Worrying’ rise in repeated self-harming among teenagers, study finds
Rates significantly higher among females, trans and gender-diverse adolescents, and early school leavers
Noah Donohoe inquest: Jury shown CCTV footage of schoolboy before he went missing
Teenager was ‘the nicest, friendliest person, funniest person’, his friend says
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Stardust
Inquests into the nightclub fire that led to the deaths of 48 people
Common Ground
How does a post-Brexit world shape the identity and relationship of these islands
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