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Drivetime Anxiety Series

Four weeks ago, I embarked on a four part series with Drivetime on RTE Radio 1, which aimed to demystify anxiety.

Resources for Help With Anxiety

Anxiety is something that will affect one in three of us over the course of our lifetime, so it's important that we understand it!

We have had a glimpse of who we can be as individuals and a society – we cannot afford to lose it

We need to talk about love. Not romantic love, or the love of a family, or between friends. We need to talk about love as an act of...

How to deal with family friction at Christmas time

Christmas can be one of the most emotional times of the year, it is also one of the most demanding. Feeling a little tired, a little...

Follow my five-point plan to see off 'Trumpit-Brexit Anxiety' and help next generation in process

There seems to be a large number of people, across the political and geographic landscape, suffering from a kind of 'Trumpit-Brexit...

How to live with loss during Christmas time

At Christmas time, the losses we experience in our lives are felt with much greater intensity. The volume is turned up on everything; the...

8 little podcasts about life and love in a time of coronavirus

Our lives as we knew them came to a sudden halt. Our worlds changed overnight. We had little or no warning. There probably isn't any...

How to keep anxiety at bay over Christmas

For many of us, Christmas is the most social and the most stressful time of the year. In a time-poor society, the run-up to Christmas is...

What positive psychology teaches us about resilience

Positive psychology looks at how people survive, bounce back and thrive from the inevitable losses that no human can avoid. Trauma is a...

Interview: Mental health should be sixth vital sign in hospitals

Mental health should be sixth vital sign in hospitals, says Dr Paul D'Alton. Clinical psychologist Dr Paul D’Alton would like to see...

Psychology profession criticised for stigmatising gay people

Practitioners should not ‘pathologise differences’, society president Paul D’Alton tells conference. Psychological Society of Ireland...

We are failing the psychological needs of cancer patients

Late last year, shortly before his death, the brave, generous and dignified Hugh Cooney highlighted the lack of adequate psychological...

Social injustice and inequality play a pivotal role in mental health of citizens

It is abundantly clear that the chronic stress inherent in disadvantaged communities has significant impact on their mental health. On...

Suicide prevention plan misses out on crucial early years

'Connecting for Life', the new Suicide Prevention Strategy launched by An Taoiseach Enda Kenny and Minister for Primary and Social Care...