According to details released under the Freedom of Information Act, 344 of the 826 victims have been waiting over 13 months.

A mental health watchdog is urging parents of Junior or Leaving Cert children to seek help, as they too, can feel at a loss as stress and nerves mount ahead of next month.

Parental Leave will offer fathers a chance to spend more time at home with their newborns. But it comes at an expense for many, says Helen O’Callaghan.

The body which represents speech and language therapists has queried why it was not asked to address an Oireachtas committee meeting today on HSE plans to change assessment of need for children.

HSE proposals on how it would conduct Assessments Of Need (AON) for children have been deferred for a number of weeks after numerous objections.

The HSE has been warned that concerns voiced by psychologists and therapists over a revamp of assessment of need for children have not gone away amid calls for fresh consultation on the issue.

Occupational therapists have criticised changes to an assessment of need for children under disability legislation, just as a High Court judgement will compel the HSE to deliver outstanding assessments within six weeks for two families who challenged the former system.

The Psychological Society of Ireland has firmly come out in favour of repealing the Eighth Amendment and has published two papers which it says counters “false facts that are not based on scientific research”.

The main body representing psychologists has slammed the HSE over proposals to change its Assessment of Need process for children, claiming it could lead to wrong diagnoses.

Mark Smyth is a senior clinical psychologist at the Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS).

The mobile phone and gaming industries are increasingly governing our behaviour by creating addictive products that shape and control how we communicate and interact.

The Department of Health has revealed that it will be at least another three years before psychologists will be fully regulated in Ireland — despite the introduction of legislation paving the way for registering the profession more than 10 years ago.

Educating parents is the key to tackling medically unexplained pain in children and adolescents, and parents are often “fixed in a cycle of demanding more tests”, a senior clinical psychologist at Crumlin Children’s Hospital has said.

Social media allow us to reveal to the world thoughts once reserved for diaries, says Vicki Notaro

Prevention is key with one in six young people suffering from common mental illnesses and finding it difficult to get the help they need, a leading psychologist said yesterday.

Call it pop psychology, but research indicates that our chances of winning the Eurovision song contest are influenced by whether we appear in the semi-final and where we lie in the running order.

Call it pop psychology, but new research indicates that our chances of winning the Eurovision song contest are influenced by whether we appear in the semi-final and where we lie in the running order.

We should really be thankful Martin O’Neill is a smart, media-savvy man who seems happy to let other people bask in the attention.

Two thirds of teachers say their training is insufficient to enable them to resolve cyberbullying situations.

With school holidays looming, Conor Power wonders how long he should allow his son to be online during the summer. It’s a constant battle, experts admit, and you can’t compare it with TV ‘in our day’

Is Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) really a disease?

The Psychological Society of Ireland (PSI) has described as “unhelpful and likely to cause upset” comments by clinical psychologist Tony Humphreys that inferred parents of children with autism were to blame for their child’s condition.

THE Psychological Society of Ireland has launched “40 tips for mental health, well-being and prosperity” which it has launched as part of a celebration of its 40th anniversary.

The Psychological Society of Ireland has today announce the launch of its top 40 tips for mental health, well-being and prosperity.

RACIAL bias can be overcome by subjecting people to a torrent of positive images about people with other skin colours, new research has shown.

A leading health psychologist has been appointed as the first-ever female dean of an Irish medical school, it was revealed today.

Politicians, teachers and health professionals from both sides of the border are to attend a special all-Ireland conference on autism today.

A study into child abuse has uncovered the emotional turmoil suffered by victims and their families, writes Conor Ryan.

PARENTS suffer more personal anguish from how the criminal justice system treats abused children than the victims themselves.

WOMEN can be paedophiles just as easily as men and society must accept this, according to research being presented in Killarney today.

THE Government’s failure to raise the fees it pays for psychological assessments is making it harder for schools to access resources for pupils with special needs, it has been claimed.

EVIDENCE is mounting that young people are committing suicide because of school bullying, an expert has warned.

CHILDREN’S health could be put at risk when around 1,000 unqualified people can practice psychology under a new bill passed by the Dáil last week, the Psychological Society of Ireland has warned.

A GROWING number of children being bullied at school are bullying others as they try to cope with their own difficulties, researchers warned yesterday.