Compassion?
‘We just want answers”
An Irish Senator has said she is “horrified” at the number of children and youths committing suicide while in State care. The comments were made in the Seanad yesterday by Senator Sharon Keogan during a discussion about the mother and baby homes redress scheme. “Yesterday, €800 million was allocated to the mother and baby homes […]
64% of the doctors who were surveyed said they do not feel adequately supported by the HSE.
Some of the UK’s top experts in child health have said that anxiety, self-harm and suicidal thoughts are at “frightening levels” among children because of the continued Covid-19 lockdown. Calling for teachers and school staff to be prioritised for vaccinations, the leading paediatricians said that the strict lockdown and prolonged school closures may cause children to […]
Doctors have warned of a “looming mental health crisis” and a “”tsunami of referrals” as new data shows that the number of adults in Britain with depression has doubled during the Covid-19 lockdown. Almost 20% of people said they had experienced depression in the month of June – doubling the number (9.7%) who gave that […]
A major survey has shown that 1 in 3 Americans are showing signs of clinical anxiety or depression – a huge shift upwards since the coronavirus pandemic began. The San Francisco Gate reports that data from the Census Bureau showed 24% of respondents showed “clinically significant symptoms of major depressive disorder and 30% showed symptoms […]
Published in the Lancet Psychiatry journal, the study showed that most people taking sertraline saw little or no improvement in their symptoms during the initial six to twelve weeks.
A new study published in the journal JAMA Psychiatry indicates that teenagers who spend over three hours per day on social media have an increased chance of developing mental health problems such as anxiety and depression, whilst also being more prone to aggression and anti-social behaviour.