Problem gambling charity faces threat of closure as government urged to fund services
Sinn Féin’s Thomas Gould has urged the government to provide funding for Extern.
Sinn Féin’s Thomas Gould has urged the government to provide funding for Extern.
Long waiting lists and a disjointed system have already caused major issues.
With lectures moving largely online, students with a tough home life may find themselves with few good options.
The service is available to both adults and children who are affected by cancer.
The report was submitted and discussed in Cabinet yesterday.
74% of callers last year were female.
Registered charity One Family has won the contract to set up the helpline.
A new study found gardaí who have suffered trauma related to their job do not feel they received adequate support from management.
The number of women affected by the smear test scandal has increased from 208 to 209.
When I was younger, counselling was close to the last thing I would have considered, writes Danny McNeive.
Minister Harris said work to consider the costs and other implications is continuing within his department.
The GAA’s annual congress today heard that sport is “besieged by gambling”.
We usually have more options than we realise, writes Maeve Halpin.
Turn2MeYouth offers online peer support and individual counselling to 16-19 year olds.
The Regulation of Information Act may be strengthened to deal with rogue crisis pregnancy agencies.
Arc Cancer Support helps people deal with the emotional and physical challenges they face before, during and after treatment.
A 24/7 counselling service was launched for gardaí last year.
A new suite of rooms are being opened today.
The issue of these clinics operating in Ireland was highlighted in an undercover report last month.
The agencies are in the spotlight again after an investigation found an agency in Dublin giving abortion misinformation to women.
Some 87% of people under the age of 18 presenting with eating disorders are female.
Before the 2011 election, Taoiseach Enda Kenny singled out mental health as the key issue he wanted to tackle.
As it stands gardaí do not receive specialist counselling services which are available to other emergency services.
The most common overall setting for abuse was in the family with one quarter of these callers saying their fathers abused them.
Over 9,000 contacts were received in 2014.
Its proponents say it offers advantages over other services – but just how popular is e-therapy in Ireland? We talk to mental health support website Turn2Me.org.
It says, “The decision is dictated by the need to achieve the best use of limited available resources.”
People are different – from each other and from what the books say. A “textbook case” is rare, if not non-existent.
The organisation, which received €1.9 million from Tusla last year, is to lose €378,000 of that funding in 2015.
Why are counselling psychologists deemed ineligible to work in certain areas of mental health treatment when they have been trained to do so?
Tusla says that things are getting better in the area.
People are reaching out more for counselling and psychotherapy, write Dil Wickremasinghe and Anne Marie Toole, but it’s important to know how to find the right help.
“Christmas can be an emotional time for people and this creates a greater demand for counselling and support services.”
A higher proportion of calls came from men.
A new report from domestic abuse service ‘Amen’ has shown an increase in reported incidents.
The figures are contained in Cura’s annual report for 2013.
More than 11% of the young people presenting at the mental health programme said they’d had suicidal thoughts.
Some counties – including Cavan, Westmeath and Offaly – have seen a ratio of 2:1 in male to female callers to a helpline.
Children’s Minister Charlie Flanagan has encouraged those who wish to make a submission to “act without delay”.
Counselling services are available to support people impacted by today’s child protection reports.