Irish Mental Health
- Most have or plan to download COVID Tracker app
- Podcast launched to help people with IBD
- Many worried about return to school
- Pandemic has had major impact on women
- Most recovered nurses still battling fatigue
- Loneliness a major issue during pandemic
- Big rise in problem cocaine use
- Disability service closures have had major impact
- Concern over impact of lockdown on dementia
- Opinions on mental health services sought
World Mental Health
- Body weight has surprising, alarming impact on brain function
- Lockdown study reports surge in health anxieties
- Strong relationships in adulthood won't 'fix' effects of early childhood adversity
- Experiencing childhood trauma makes body and brain age faster
- To improve students' mental health, study finds, teach them to breathe
- Study highlights mental health risks facing healthcare workers during pandemic
- Major depressive episodes far more common than previously believed
- Laughter acts as a stress buffer -- and even smiling helps
- Botox injections may lessen depression
- Text messaging: The next gen of therapy in mental health