The link between nature more generally and mental health is not new, and several studies have shown that being in nature can decrease stress and anxiety and improve psychological wellbeing.
I am pleased to introduce myself as the new Clinical Director with Aware and launch this monthly blog series. This blog will be a place where I explore and summarise the latest in mental health developments and research.
I’m turning 36 this year, which means I’ve now lived with bipolar for 25 years.
You’ve just been told your diagnosis – bipolar. For some it’s a great relief knowing there is an explanation, a name, for this thing that has you in turmoil for months or possibly years.
People who live with bipolar disorder are a core constituency of the Aware organisation. Developing and delivering a programme which would support, educate, and inform people to live well with bipolar disorder was a service in need of, and well worth providing.
The first time I experienced depression I was 13 or 14. I began to refuse to go to school. I’d wake terrified of the day, not that I had slept much at night, but I felt like I couldn’t leave
Bipolar disorder is a complex yet manageable condition. It’s a condition that effects moods, emotion and energies and can be challenging in many ways.
I was twenty years old when diagnosed with Bipolar Type 2. For years I was treated for depression until I was reassessed and bipolar disorder was suggested. On first hearing this I was in denial until I was told what
I first became ill just after finishing my final exams in Trinity College. It was the year 2000 – a milestone year for the world.
My diagnosis of bipolar disorder type one was received relatively late in my life. I had just turned 42. I knew little about the illness and was more familiar with the term ‘manic depression.’ I was hostile, to put it
Media portrayal of bipolar disorder Recently in mass media we’ve witnessed great leaps of awareness about relatively common mental-health issues such as depression and anxiety. With that awareness there has been a decline in the negative attitudes that used to
It’s an unusually warm day for Ireland. My eyes have fallen to the windowsill, gazing blankly at a couple of dead flies scattered there. They didn’t make it out alive, but they knew the right way to go.
