TEACHERS are increasingly being called upon to respond to students who are struggling with self-harming behaviour or suicidal thoughts, a conference organised by suicide charity Console has heard.

Health Minister Mary Harney today revealed her own devastation after losing a friend to suicide.

CHILDREN of women who suffer severe post-natal depression can suffer speech and language difficulties and find it difficult to socialise in later life if they are not given support by the wider family and if their mother’s health problems aren’t treated, a leading psychiatrist has said.

INTRODUCING warning symbols on airbrushed body images to protect young people from developing eating disorders would be “a very welcome” development, a leading adolescent psychiatrist has said.

SUPPORT services for parents and families coping with ADHD are “nowhere near” where they should be, according to a leading child psychologist.

A BIGGER venue had to be found for a public lecture on managing anger in children in Dublin tomorrow night because of the huge demand from parents wanting expert advice.

MORE eating disorders could be prevented if parents recognised their child’s obsession with dieting was a cause for concern, a consultant child and adolescent psychiatrist has claimed.

A MAJOR three-generation study involving more than 1,000 mothers highlights the need for greater State support for families with very young children.