This video clip has been designed to help you if you are aged 10 years and above and have a #parent with a #mentalillness. It is the first (introductory) video in a set that can help to explain what mental illness is, and about different types of mental illness.
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This video has been created for young people (from 10 years and above) who have a parent who experiences a mental illness. It has been designed to help you understand your parent’s mental illness and their behaviour and has been developed in partnership with other young people in this situation. The video is accompanied by
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This video has been designed to help you if you are aged 10 years and above and have a parent with a #mentalillness. It’s about how you can look after yourself if you’re in this situation. The video is part of 11 others which answer other common questions and describe different mental illnesses so that
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“I didn’t acknowledge it properly” In the second of a two-part series celebrating our centenary… Yvette chats to Ellen about her own mental health, living with anxiety, depression and OCD. Let us know if you have any suggestions for stuff we should be talking about: @mentallyyrs on Twitter.
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“She was doing as good a job as she could do” Ally Golden spent her childhood caring for her mum who had mental health issues. Now author of the book, A Good Soldier, Ally chats to Ellen about the impact her mum’s illness had on her and the support she wishes she’d had. Stay in
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For this episode I am joined by the wonderful Alyson Stoner. A super successful child star, Alyson appeared to have it all going on: she was the featured dancer (as a little girl) in the Missy Elliot Work It video. She was on several Disney projects, Cheaper by the Dozen franchise, the Step Up franchise
Step into artist Cornelia Geppert’s visually stunning video game “Sea of Solitude,” which explores how battling the “monsters” of loneliness and self-doubt can help us better grapple with the complexity and struggles of mental health.
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Depression is the leading cause of disability in the world; in the United States, close to ten percent of adults struggle with the disease. But because it’s a mental illness, it can be a lot harder to understand than, say, high cholesterol. Helen M. Farrell examines the symptoms and treatments of depression, and gives some
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Which came first: the stress or the pimples? The physical reactions to stress can cause major breakouts, which, in turn, can be even more stressful! Claudia Aguirre gives just one more reason to get that stress under control. [Directed by Alan Foreman, narrated by Claudia Aguirre].
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There’s a common misconception that if you like to meticulously organize your things, keep your hands clean, or plan out your weekend to the last detail, you might be OCD. In fact, OCD (Obsessive Compulsive Disorder) is a serious psychiatric condition that is frequently misunderstood by society and mental health professionals alike. Natascha M. Santos
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In our WIMS Wellbeing Webinar for Young People event on 8 March 2021, Grace Tutty, Occupational Therapist with St Patrick’s Mental Health Services, examined the meaning of self-care and the kinds of daily choices young people can make to look after their wellbeing. Self-care is about daily choices, and making decisions to look after ourselves.
St Louis Secondary School, Monaghan won the Secondary School | Short Film category in our 2020/21 Frame of Mind short film competition. Frame of Mind aims to improve mental health awareness and remove the stigma associated with mental health difficulties. See all our competition winners and find out more at walkinmyshoes.ie/campaigns/frame-of-mind
