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

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...

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

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

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...

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...

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

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

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

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

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

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