Women’s Mental Health

What a difficult but wonderful task! Our members try to sum up Grow Mental Health in one word for World Mental Health Week 2021!

Can a smartphone add a new dimension to fostering mental health? Margaret Morris reveals how subjects successfully interacted with their phones throughout the day — mapping moods, charting physical responses and getting instant ideas on confronting situations — and rather than expressing concerns about privacy, they wanted to share their emotions with others.

Nearly 450 million people are affected by mental illness worldwide. In wealthy nations, just half receive appropriate care, but in developing countries, close to 90 percent go untreated because psychiatrists are in such short supply. Vikram Patel outlines a highly promising approach — training members of communities to give mental health interventions, empowering ordinary people …

Dr. Jeffrey Lieberman, Professor and Chair of Psychiatry at Columbia University and past President of the American Psychiatric Association, envisions that breaking down the barrier which arises from our stigmatizing mental health would result in better treatment for millions of individuals. Jeffrey Lieberman has devoted his life to the study and treatment of mental illness. …

You may be currently experiencing trauma symptoms from the stress and crisis of your relationship. This can affect all aspects of your life. It is important to educate yourself on the symptoms and treatment of betrayal trauma. The first 20 minutes is psychoeducational, the rest of the video is a question and answer session. Kristin’s …

(Recorded on February 12, 2020) Kristin is a California licensed marriage and family therapist (#81413) who specializes in betrayal trauma, recovering from infidelity, addiction recovery (including sex and love addiction), and improving relationship dynamics. Kristin discusses the common topics and questions that surface in her couples and individual therapy sessions. Questions such as “When and …

In this Step 6, ‘We committed to the journey even through the tough times,’ Seasoned Grower Zameel Brierley shares her story with Area Coordinator, Tracey Halloran, recounting her journey with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) as a result mental illness, suicide and violence in her family.

Explores the idea of individual’s ‘self-care’ and encourages participants to build their own ‘self-care toolkit’ which includes healthy habits for our mental health and wellbeing ___________________________Take a positive approach to your mental health with our Minding Your Wellbeing video series. There are four other videos in the series. #MindingYourWellbeing #Keepwell Brought to you by HSE Health …

In the fifth step of our 12-part series, Grow’s Síle Tracey discusses the importance of ‘We also tackled our weaknesses and failures’ with Seasoned Grower, Christine Fitzgerald. Christine explains her journey from low self worth, depression and suicidal thoughts to hospitalization and eventually Grow Mental Health.

The Gender Context: Women’s Mental Health Impact While COVID-19 has been challenging for many, how we are impacted will vary from person to person. Recent studies have indicated that the current crisis has had a significant effect on the mental health and wellbeing of women in Ireland. A survey conducted by the National Women’s Council …