Helpful Articles
Life After Suicide Loss: A Toolkit
You are not alone You may be reading this because someone you know has died due to suicide. This may have happened very recently, or it could be weeks, months or even years after your loss. Losing someone in circumstances where they have taken their own life means that the grieving process can be complicated…
Supporting someone who may be suicidal
Talking to someone about their thoughts of suicide can be very difficult. Do not be afraid to ask a direct question using clear language. For example, “You seem very low and I’m worried about you. Are you thinking of ending your life?”
Prof Ian Kelleher
Consultant psychiatrist, chair of child and adolescent psychiatry at the University of Edinburgh, and an Academy of Medical Sciences professor, researching ways to prevent mental illness.
Mens's Mental Health: Understanding Neurodiversity
Social media is full of discussion about “neurodiversity” and “neurodivergence”. But what do these terms mean? And how do they relate to your mental health?
Drugs - What you need to know?
Drug use is something that can have important effects on people’s physical and mental health. About 9% of people aged 15-64 in Ireland report using drugs in the past year (National Drug and Alcohol Survey, 2019). Understanding a bit more about the types of substances commonly used and the reasons behind their use can be helpful if you – or someone you care about – is using drugs.
Understanding depression in men
Around 120 million men worldwide have clinical depression. This makes it one of the most common conditions affecting men’s health. But it’s often something that men don’t talk about So what is clinical depression?
Strategies to Manage Anxiety
There are lots of tried and tested approaches to managing anxiety, from breathing exercises to muscle relaxation to talk therapies to medication. Here’s an introduction to some key management strategies that can help with anxiety.
Anxiety in Men
Everyone knows what it’s like to be anxious: feeling tense, on edge, unable to focus or relax… Feeling anxious is a normal part of human experience. If we didn’t feel anxiety, we wouldn’t avoid dangers: predatory animals, aggressive people, poisonous foodstuffs. In a nutshell, anxiety keeps us safe.
