A charity set up to help doctors and healthcare professionals with their mental health in Great Britain has extended its services to Northern Ireland. Doctors In Distress was established by ...
The cost of mental ill-health in Northern Ireland is estimated to be about £3.4bn per year. The majority of costs is associated with four main conditions - anxiety (22%), depression (20% ...
A report published this week by the NI Audit Office on mental health services said the successful implementation of Northern Ireland's 10-year mental health strategy was "at risk without sustained ...
Northern Ireland Mental health charities, Mental Health Foundation and Royal College of Psychiatrists highlight that more people have died from suicide since the Belfast Agreement than were killed during the Troubles Together for You, a group of Northern Ireland’s mental health charities, lead by Action Mental Health, the Mental Health Foundation and the Royal College
Cost-of-living is still causing widespread mental distress in Northern Ireland: Cost-of-living is still causing widespread mental distress in Northern Ireland. 29 Nov 2023 / Survey The Mental Health Foundation is issuing a stark warning about the mental health impacts of the cost-of-living crisis, as more than a third of adults in Northern Ireland felt anxious about their personal finances in ...
March 25, 2025 at 6:00am GMT. More than 60 patients have died while in the care of mental health inpatient units in Northern Ireland in the last decade, the Irish News can reveal.
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UTV investigates Northern Ireland’s mental health crisis, after being contacted by the family of a woman who say they have lost all hope. | UTV News
November 15, 2024 at 6:00am GMT. MENTAL health patients in Northern Ireland are suffering over a workforce crisis in psychiatry, with waiting lists up 30% in four years.. New figures from the ...
The Mental Health Foundation is issuing a stark warning about the mental health impacts of the cost-of-living crisis, as more than a third of adults in Northern Ireland felt anxious about their personal finances in the past month. This proportion rises to more than half (57%) for young people aged 18-24.
A report launched on World Mental Health Day shows that poverty, trauma and social inequalities are key drivers of poor mental health in NI. It calls for policy changes to address these factors and improve wellbeing and services.
Mental health problems currently cost the Northern Ireland economy £3.4 billion each year. One in five One in five adults in Northern Ireland has experienced a mental health problem.
August 29, 2024 at 5:40pm BST. The Health Minister has welcomed progress on Northern Ireland’s Mental Health Strategy, but said sustained funding was needed to build the services “we ...
Studies have shown, external that Northern Ireland has the highest prevalence of mental illness in the UK, and death from suicide continues to rise. "I feel like there's a mental health pandemic ...
Mike Nesbitt, health minister for Northern Ireland. Nesbitt said: “Mental health is a priority for me as Health Minister, just as it has been since I was first elected as an MLA in 2011. “The Mental Health Strategy is one of the key vehicles for bringing about changes to mental health services across the whole lifespan in Northern Ireland.
Northern Ireland's mental health champion has said the ripple effect of suicide touches whole communities. Prof Siobhán O'Neill was speaking to BBC News NI after it was revealed that there were ...
April 08, 2024 at 2:31pm BST. NEARLY half of children and adults waiting to access mental health services in Northern Ireland wait longer than nine weeks, new figures show.