Mental Health Awareness Week Comes to Campus
Mental Health Awareness Week is taking place from Monday 9th of April to Thursday 12th of April. The designation of a week to the…
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Mindfulness & Me
I recently discovered mindfulness, specifically mindfulness meditation, through a book called Wherever You Go, There You Are, by Jon Kabat-Zinn. Mindfulness isn’t a new…
Sick Parents & The Illness Paradox
How do you cope when a parent is ill? You look after them by bringing them soup and doing more chores and running errands…
Positive Psychology: A New Path to Happiness?
Psychology is a word that is casually thrown around in conversation, and is usually taken to mean the study of the mind, in particular…
UCD Residences Under Fire Over Lack of Adequate Mental Health Facilities
RAs concerned over lack of out-of-hours support for students in UCD Residences 3 RAs and 1 SRA have already quit their roles this year…
Editorial: RAs Need To Be Looked After
Welcome back to a new semester in UCD where this Editor is hoping we don’t have to cover another impeachment. I simply just don’t…
How Is Mental Health Portrayed On TV?
Television producers don’t want to commit to characters with mental health disorders. It’s understandable. It’s difficult to structure a story around characters that may…
Minding Your Mind
As we head into the dark winter months and a stressful exam season, it is especially important to look after your mental health. Luckily,…
Mental Health Week Deferred
Mental Health Week has been deferred. The event was supposed to take place from September 26th-28th but nothing ever materialised. Speaking to the Tribune…
UCD Psychology Labs Aid In Creation Of Mental Health App
‘CopeSmart’ is a mobile app for young people and students which aims to foster positive mental health though emotional self-awareness and the promotion of…
Mental Health Week in Full Swing
Mental health week began on Monday October 8th and will continue until Friday October 12th. Bodywhys were invited in to give a talk on…
All Things Now
Silvana Lakeman considers how we can deal with the possibilities of UCD The winter term is now officially underway – leaves are falling from…