Mental Health Archives

02 Apr 2021

Stress Awareness Month: Learn to Understand and Manage Stress

April is Stress Awareness Month. As part of the month-long campaign to raise awareness of stress, we have put together a series of events to help people understand stress and also give advice on managing it. About Stress Awareness Month Stress Awareness Month takes place every April and has

17 Dec 2020

Tips To Exercise More in the Cold Days of Winter

This time of year the motivation to get outdoors and do exercise can be difficult, especially if it’s freezing or bucketing rain (or both). We recently chatted to Liam Cantwell, Sports Development Officer with Limerick Sports Partnership who gave some great tips on how to overcome this. He also

19 Nov 2020

International Men’s Day, Men and Their Mental Health

As part of the research for his thesis on Men and their Mental Health ICHAS student, Barry Redmond highlighted some key concerns on this topic. As part of International Men’s Day here is a feature on some of the concerns surrounding men and their mental health and also the stigma that

15 Oct 2020

Practice Mindfulness and Build Personal Resilience in COVID Times

During the recent workshop for Limerick Mental Health Week, Ann Bracken and John Hickey gave some terrific advice when it comes to building personal resilience. They also gave some great tips on how you can build this up each day plus knowing what the difference is between anxiety and concern.

17 Sep 2020

The Stigma Still Surrounding Mental Health

As part of the research for his thesis on Men, Masculinity and their Mental Health, Barry Redmond focused on an area that unfortunately is still prevalent whenever a discussion on this topic is brought up, mental health stigma. Here are some of his key insights. Mental Health Stigma, still a

03 Sep 2020

Men, Masculinity, and their Mental Health.

ICHAS student Barry Redmond recently did research on the topic of men, masculinity, and mental health. There is an ongoing predicament with men and masculinity. Reasons for this phenomenon are wide-ranging, with biological factors, gender issues, societal norms, and socialisation all playing a

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

News at ICHAS

Student Focus: Andrew Gallagher – Adapting to Student Life in COVID Times

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Student Focus: Erma Barlow – BA (Hons) in Counselling and Psychotherapy

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Virtual Cheque Presentation to PIETA House

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