Children and teenagers needing psychiatric care are being denied admission to mental health facilities while beds lie idle.

A computer-based system which can help to identify those at risk of suicide has been developed by researchers at NUI Maynooth.

THE social world of young people in Ireland is dominated by their access to the new media available.

Four of every five teenagers seen by the country’s biggest independent mental health service have been recent victims of cyber-bullying.

People who take their own lives do not think about the hurt and sorrow they leave behind, a coroner has said.

The stigma attached to poor mental health leads to one in five people delaying seeking treatment for a full year, according to research carried out by St Patrick’s University Hospital (SPUH).

There’s hardly a family which has not been touched by mental health issues.

Stigma around mental health issues is still stopping people in need from accessing support, medics have warned.

Parents have been warned to pay extra attention to the emotional needs of teenagers stressed by exams.

Calls for help to a mental-health phone line almost doubled over the last year as the economic crisis impacted on people’s lives, it emerged today.

A COMMUNITY medical clinic in Mahon is offering free mental health assessments as part of a campaign to promote well-being and good mental health.

TEENAGERS suffering from anxiety, eating disorders and psychosis can be admitted to a specialist mental health unit which opened yesterday.

One in 10 young people will encounter mental health and psychological problems in childhood, an expert warned today.

YOUR report, shockingly headlined ‘33% wouldn’t want a depressed person as a friend’ (October 9), was a sad indictment on the ignorant and shortsighted mindset of many people in this country.

ONE in three Irish people believe those who suffer from mental health issues are of “below average intelligence” and almost 50% believe the person should be discriminated against in terms of employment because they are “unreliable”.

More than six out of ten people with a mental illness will suffer in silence for at least a year before seeking help, it emerged today.

PEOPLE struggling with the recession have even less sympathy for sufferers battling with mental illness, according to the country’s leading mental health hospital.

STIGMA is still the main reason people hide their mental illness, with a survey published last year showing more than six out of 10 suffered in silence before seeking help.

AN expert in treating alcohol addiction has called on the drinks industry to ringfence 1% of its annual profits towards the research and treatment of alcohol abuse.

In recent years there has been much hype about our drugs problems, but usually when people talk about drugs, they are not talking about the most prevalent and most abused drug in the country – alcohol. Irish people spend more on alcohol annually that any other people.

Around 250,000 people in Ireland are alcoholics yet just a fifth are receiving treatment, it was claimed today.

ALMOST 250,000 people in Ireland are alcoholics yet just a fifth are receivingtreatment. More than a third of all drinkers binge, with the cost of tackling alcohol-related problems soaring to over €900 million-a-year, according to the country’s leading mental health hospital.

QUINN HEALTHCARE has withdrawn cover for future patients at a leading psychiatric hospital.