
Mental Health





The Importance of Movember
Each November, awareness toward men’s health is raised with the Movember campaign, a campaign in which people grow out their facial hair to raise money for various charities


Ireland’s Mental Health Crisis has Escalated to an Emergency Due to the Impact of Covid-19
Covid-19 arrived on Irish soil in early March 2020 and we are still living with the long-term effects of the pandemic 19 months later.




Eating Disorders: “There’s no set definition of recovery”
At the end of 2019, the Coronavirus pandemic took the world by surprise. Scientists worked long and hard over the past year to develop a sufficient vaccine, and they succeeded. But as the pandemic is slowly regressing due to the vaccination rollout programme taking place across the world, there are still other deadly illnesses that cannot be deterred by vaccination immunity.



Dark days and dark minds – Gym owners protest closures under Level 5
With a 6-week lockdown in Ireland, gyms have shut to many owner’s and participant’s disapproval.


24/7 mental health text line launched by USI
A 24/7 mental health text line was launched by the Union of Students in Ireland (USI) on Monday November 18th.








Six weeks a’waiting
DCU have been working over the summer with an external organisation who offer 24/7 telephone counselling and will offer counselling in different locations around the country.
