# stigma - Tuesday 12 January, 2021
# Analysis
# Analysis
‘My mother had been conditioned to feel grateful for the sanctuary of the home as she had committed a terrible sin in having sex outside of marriage and they would take care of her bastard child, me.’
# stigma - Monday 11 May, 2020
# Metabolic Health
# Metabolic Health
The Irish Society for Clinical Nutrition and Metabolism has warned that obesity patients need access to care in the weeks to come.
# stigma - Friday 15 February, 2019
# Opinion
# Opinion
But activist Robbie Lawlor sets out how people like him are breaking away from stigma and living full lives – and says people need to be more open and honest.
# stigma - Sunday 1 July, 2018
# Stigma
# Stigma
For as long as I can remember, periods were something that could only be discussed in whispers, writes Niamh Dunne.
# stigma - Friday 4 May, 2018
# Living With Hiv
# Living With Hiv
A new report details concerns Irish mothers had after being diagnosed with HIV.
# stigma - Sunday 22 April, 2018
# Stigma
# Stigma
1,747 women have been diagnosed with HIV in Ireland since 2003.
# stigma - Tuesday 27 February, 2018
# Addiction
# Addiction
Depression is often the root cause of drug addiction and abuse does not help.
# stigma - Thursday 28 September, 2017
# HIV
# HIV
17% of people living in HIV say they have felt suicidal in the last year.
# stigma - Tuesday 12 September, 2017
# Mental Health
# Mental Health
The Oireachtas Education Committee has made a number recommendations to improve the mental health of school children.
# stigma - Friday 14 July, 2017
# Ask For Help
# Ask For Help
Lisa Chambers was speaking during a Dáil debate on her party’s Bill to strengthen the rights of mental health patients.
# stigma - Sunday 18 June, 2017
# Stigma
# Stigma
Playwright Noelle Brown, who was born in a mother and baby home, has written a play about her search for her birth mother.
# stigma - Friday 16 June, 2017
# Vicious Cycle
# Vicious Cycle
Many get turned away if they have substance abuse difficulties – or even because they just don’t have an address.
# stigma - Monday 22 May, 2017
# Green Ribbon
# Green Ribbon
42% of people living in rural areas would conceal a mental health difficulty from family, friends or colleagues.
# Stigma
# Stigma
Surgical intervention saves the State in the long-term from healthcare costs associated with obesity, say doctors.
# stigma - Monday 15 May, 2017
# Green Ribbon
# Green Ribbon
Only 58% of Dubliners are willing to work with someone with a mental health difficulty
# stigma - Monday 1 May, 2017
# Stigma
# Stigma
Almost a fifth of people would delay seeking help for a mental health issue, due to the perceived stigma around them.
# stigma - Saturday 29 April, 2017
# Read Me
# Read Me
We have a long way to go in this country when it comes to our approach to mental health matters, writes Jen Ronan.
# stigma - Saturday 22 April, 2017
# Can't You Hear Them?
# Can't You Hear Them?
Associate professor of psychology Simon McCarthy-Jones estimates that as much as 2.5% of the world’s population will have extended voice-hearing experiences.
# stigma - Thursday 30 March, 2017
# Clúid Housing
# Clúid Housing
A new report assesses the scale and impact of stigma on social housing in Ireland.
# stigma - Sunday 29 January, 2017
# Column
# Column
Our health service must place a greater priority on the physical healthcare needs of people with mental illness, writes Dr Stephen McWilliams.
# stigma - Sunday 15 January, 2017
# Discrimination
# Discrimination
All people with albinism are subjected to prejudice, but it is devastating to be rejected at job interviews too, writes Sinead McManus.
# stigma - Friday 25 November, 2016
# Mental Health
# Mental Health
Mental health issues are still taboo when you see the reaction to Kanye West’s recent hospitalisation, writes Vicky Kavanagh.
# stigma - Thursday 3 November, 2016
# Flying Solo
# Flying Solo
Times have moved on from research in the 1990s which found society less understanding.
# stigma - Friday 5 August, 2016
# Ireland's Call
# Ireland's Call
The GAA’s Rob Hennelly will also be a member of the new task force which is due to meet in November.
# stigma - Saturday 9 July, 2016
# Opinion
# Opinion
Natalie Marr says she posts about her mental history despite concerns that it might affect her job options.
# stigma - Sunday 26 June, 2016
# Opinion
# Opinion
Natalie Marr looks at the stigma surrounding depression and other mental health problems
# Opinion
# Opinion
Consultant psychiatrist Stephen McWilliams argues that employers need to do more to support the mental wellbeing of their staff
# stigma - Tuesday 15 March, 2016
# Broken System
# Broken System
The founder of Pieta House has said the current mental health support system is not working.
# stigma - Sunday 1 November, 2015
# Stigma
# Stigma
In a response to a parliamentary question from Pearse Doherty the CSO said it did not have figures available.
# stigma - Monday 31 August, 2015
# Opinion
# Opinion
Such phrases mean people with mental illnesses are less likely to seek the help they need, writes Stephen McWilliams.
# stigma - Sunday 9 August, 2015
# Go With The Flow
# Go With The Flow
Kiran Gandhi helped raise €5,500 for a breast cancer charity.
# stigma - Wednesday 15 July, 2015
# Smartphones
# Smartphones
“Technology has had a profound impact on gambling,” according the authors of a new Irish study.
# stigma - Thursday 4 June, 2015
# Forget The Stigma
# Forget The Stigma
…but I wonder ‘What does dementia look like?’
# stigma - Wednesday 13 May, 2015
# Stigma
# Stigma
At least 21 EU States allow medical intervention on children to allocate sex at an early age.
# stigma - Saturday 2 May, 2015
# Stigma
# Stigma
The blood has been pasteurised to neutralise the virus so it poses no threat.
# stigma - Friday 27 March, 2015
# Stigma
# Stigma
“Many of the greatest, most responsible people have been depressives.”
# Mental Health
From The Daily Edge
# Mental Health
“Many of the greatest, most responsible people have been depressives.”
# stigma - Friday 9 January, 2015
# Mental Health
# Mental Health
After years of silence about our emotions, we as a society can lack a language to talk about our inner experiences. But that is finally changing.
# stigma - Sunday 14 December, 2014
# Mental Health
# Mental Health
I came across this poster just last week in a GP waiting room and have to admit I was shocked, and so incredibly disappointed.
# stigma - Thursday 27 November, 2014
# Mental Health
# Mental Health
A talk is taking place in Dublin tonight on ‘Understanding the Suicidal Mind’.
Mostly cloudy with a couple of t-showers
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Some sun with a couple of showers
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Mostly cloudy with a couple of showers
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