People are being warned to be cautious of information on mental health being distributed by a Scientology-linked group.

Medical experts have recommended that patients suffering from a number of serious psychiatric conditions should be declared unfit to drive for up to six months.

The body representing the country’s psychiatrists has described spending on mental health as “scandalously low”.

FAR too many people, individuals and communities, have been forced to come to terms with the terribly sad reality that a loved, but distraught, relative has killed another, or others, in their family and then taken their own life. This all-too-regular tragedy is made even more difficult if children are, as they so often are, victims. There have been at least 27 such tragedies in Ireland since 2000.

I refer to the article “A persistent social crisis that is not all in our heads”, in which some of my thoughts were mentioned (Irish Examiner, September 21).

Alternatives to medical treatment for people with mental health issues need to get beyond the discussion phase towards policy and implementation, writes Jennifer Hough , who talks to practitioners about a national crisis

The guidance document for the Protection of Life During Pregnancy Act 2013 has been published on the Department of Health website today.

Methods to address mental health in adolescents including suicide and self harm will be discussed at Europe’s largest conference on the issue in Dublin.

Abortion is not a treatment for suicidal tendencies and there are no statistics on women threatening to kill themselves who do not want a pregnancy, a leading psychologists told an Oireachtas committee.

As ministers hold crisis talks on abortion, the focus is not on an agreement that is safest for women, but a solution that is safest politically, says political correspondent Mary Regan