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In recent years, County Mayo has seen high levels of youth suicides and in response to this the Mayo Youth Mental Health Group was established in spring 2009 to explore the feasibility of developing a youth mental health support structure in Co Mayo. The purpose of this project is to bring valuable supports to young people and offer opportunities for the development and enhancement of existing supports in the County.

Research reveals that responding to life’s difficulties by feeling overwhelmed and distraught, impacts on both mental and physical health. Now in particular, Irish people are searching for effective strategies to deal with life’s challenges. Undeniably, learning to manage stress, anger, anxiety are valuable life skills enhancing well-being and contentment.

Pieta House’s annual fundraiser-Darkness into Light which will take place on Saturday May 12.

Are you interested in a career in counselling and psychotherapy? Or maybe you are interested in personal and/or professional development? Come along to ICPPD’s open evening at 3 Garden Vale, Athlone on Thursday April 19 from 6-8pm and meet some of ICPPD’s course tutors who will also provide information on a full range of courses and CPD workshops.

Walk in My Shoes was launched by St Patrick’s Hospital Foundation and aims to raise much needed funds to support young adults, 18 to 25 years of age in Ireland, in need of mental health services.

One in five of adults in Connacht said they would be embarrassed if people knew they were attending a counsellor or psychotherapist. This is according to a nationwide study undertaken by Behaviour and Attitudes for the Irish Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (IACP).

Mayo Fine Gael TD Michelle Mulherin has welcomed the announcement that a second child and adolescent mental health services psychiatrist and team is to be appointed in Mayo and based in the HSE Primary Care Centre in Ballina.

Dreams are part of all of our lives. They show a level of subconscious functioning of the mind that clearly serves an important role in our overall wellbeing. This workshop is for counsellors and psychotherapists - its aim is to help tease out how to use dreams as a resource for counselling/psychotherapy clients and indeed hopefully benefit personally from the learning too. This workshop will be held in The Family Centre, Chapel Street, Castlebar, on Saturday March 24 from 10.30am to 4pm. The presenter is Kathleen Duffy a humanistic and integrative psychotherapist (and supervisor). Booking and information from the Family Centre at 094 9025900/www.thefamilycentre.com

A series of mental health meetings, which are open conversations about mental health, have been taking place every month in Galway since March last year.

“At least five per cent of the population (of Europe) suffers from serious diagnosable mental illness; between 15 and 20 per cent of European adults are affected by more general mental health problems,” according to the World Health Organisation. Yet there can still be a significant taboo attached to mental health difficulties. However the simple presence of books relating to mental health issues in a public library, available and accessible to all, can help reduce this stigma, and raise awareness of such issues in the public mind. This is the aim of the Mayo Healthy Reading Scheme, a joint initiative between Mayo County Library and the HSE West.