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Melissa Quinn is a multi-qualified therapist based in Ballymahon, Co Longford. She qualified as a counsellor and psychotherapist and is a certified Reiki practitioner. Melissa is available to assist people who are in distress or have reached a point in their lives where they realise they are not reaching their full potential. Melissa has worked with clients from a young age to beyond retirement.

The HSE in Mayo strives to provide a comprehensive range of mental health services both in the community and at various hospital and primary care sites around the county. The mental health team includes a consultant psychiatrist, registrar in psychiatry, mental health nurses, as well as addiction counsellors, psychologists, occupational therapists, and social workers. Total confidentiality for patients and clients is guaranteed at all times.

The time for talking about doing something has passed, and unfortunately for 23 families so far this year the time for doing something has passed also. At last Monday’s meeting of Mayo County Council, the members engaged in serious and at times heart-wrenching discussion about suicide.

People can learn about the facts and myths surrounding mental health at a special tent available during the Volco Ocean Race.

Young people and their families are being encouraged to look after their mental well-being and break the cycle of stigma that surrounds mental health and suicide in Mayo.

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The HSE Midlands has launched the second edition of the Portfolio of Mental Health Assessment Tools, which will enhance assessment for mental health clients. The launch, which was hosted in the Department of Nursing and Health Sciences at Athlone Institute of Technology, was attended by HSE mental heath services staff from Westmeath, Offaly, Longford, and Laois, mental heath practitioners, and service user groups.

50/50 Phone A Friend is a voluntary community based organisation based in Distillery Road Westport. It aims to raise awareness of suicide prevention services and promote positive mental health in the wider community.

For the first time in County Mayo research examining the mental health experiences of young people, their families and communities has been published. The report “Developing A Youth Mental Health and Well-Being Support Structure” was launched in Castlebar on Monday April last by An Taoiseach Enda Kenny.

Pieta House’s Darkness into Light event will be launched on Monday in Westport House. Pieta House is a suicide and self-harm crisis centre, which is the only organisation in the country providing a professional, face to face, free of charge therapeutic service for people in the acute stages of suicidal distress.