Mental Health Archives

10 Jan 2022

Mindfulness and Relationships, being able to identify your Big Lie

During a talk on mindfulness and relationships, Christine Beekman went into detail on the importance of identifying your big lie and how events from your childhood can impact on your relationships as an adult. There’s so much said about mindfulness these days and so much information available.

01 Jul 2020

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ICHAS Student Susan Mary Lawlor Wins Global Award for Mental Health

09 Jan 2020

Mental Health as part of your New Years Resolutions

We’re at the time where people make their New Years Resolutions. How many have included mental health on this list? If you’re looking for tips or ideas on where to focus we’ve put together this useful list that you can start doing no matter the time of year. As we’ve mentioned before mental

12 Nov 2019

Seasonal Affective Disorder SAD and how to counter it

With the clocks after going back the evenings will start to get darker and it won’t be too long until the mornings do as well. While people will talk about the winter blues Seasonal affective disorder (SAD) is something that can affect the mental health of many people. There are a couple of

17 Oct 2019

Fighting Mental Health Stigma, See Change Publish Their Report

See Change recently published a report showing the impact the campaign had in 2019. They ran a month-long series of events around the country to help promote an end to mental health stigma. Some of the key takeaways from the report include: 500,000+ Ribbons were distributed this year 1 in 5

10 Oct 2019

The Mindfulness Tree, Tips on Living More in the Present

At her recent talk on Mindfulness as part of Limerick Mental Health Week Christine discussed the mindfulness tree and the key elements of it that you can apply to your daily life. She also gave advice on a few exercises you can practice to help you live more in the moment. The Mindfulness Tree

12 Sep 2019

Official Launch of Limerick Mental Health Week 2019

Tuesday saw the launch of Limerick Mental Health Week 2019. Members of ICHAS, along with groups from all around Limerick were in attendance in the Hunt Museum for the launch. Shine A Light On The River will be back again this year and we’re delighted to announce ICHAS will also be hosting an

13 Aug 2019

Social Media and Mental Health, Three Tips To Get The Balance Right

25 Jun 2019

Men and Depression, Talk by Dr Jane Alexander of ICHAS

During Green Ribbon Month, Dr Jane Alexander held a talk on the topic of men and depression. It’s an area there has been a lot of debate around recently and Jane highlighted some stats, the symptoms but also the challenges men have when it comes to taking what is often for them the most

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ICHAS Conferral Ceremony 2022

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