Mental Health Articles

Feeling beautiful is a very personal journey for everyone. Mum of one, Trina Cleary shared her journey of how she felt beautiful again after cancer treatment. 

Author Annmarie O' Connor talks about how being grateful can help your anxiety and how keeping a gratitude journal should be your new resolution. 

Here Aodan Enright wonders whether our ‘digital first’ lifestyle is giving us a filtered view of reality.

Lorraine Walsh, Director of Customer Experience talks about Ireland’s first dedicated Healthcare Concierge Service

Although it might be feeling slightly autumnal, summer is a good time to develop some healthy habits. Here are some tips to lift your spirits and give your wellbeing a boost. Get out into the light and soak up some vitamin D which helps regulate the stress hormone.

Our research indicates that 75pc of people believe that stigma still exists around mental wellbeing. In order to dispel some myths, we enlisted the help of Counselling Psychologist and Clinical Lead on Laya Healthcare's 24/7 Mental Wellbeing Support Programme, Dr Sarah O’Neill. Here she explains what really happens in a counselling session. 

Forensic Psychologist Maureen Griffin says that there are five conversations you should have with your child if they are using social media. Read more here.

Self-harm and suicide are major public health problems. We asked Professor Ella Arensman, Research Professor at the school of Public Health, University College Cork and a Chief Scientist at the National Suicide Research Foundation, to share her knowledge so that our readers can learn more about the causes of suicide and self-harm in Ireland. You can also download a document with further information and help at the end of this article.

Exams are an endurance test where teenagers can often hit a ‘wall’ mid-way through. In this article, Clinical Psychologist, Dr Malie Coyne, discusses how parents can support their children during exam season.