TikTok is taking a significant step to protect teenage users’ mental health by implementing new restrictions on beauty filters. The social media platform will soon block users under 18 from accessing filters that artificially alter their appearance. According to The Irish Examiner, these restrictions will prevent teenagers from using filters that enlarge eyes, plump lips, … Read more
A specialist housing association has helped nearly 700 people with severe mental health issues stay in their homes last year, but warns that progress could stall without government support. The Housing Association for Integrated Living (Hail) works across Ireland, focusing on individuals with mental health conditions who are on social housing lists. Vincent Walsh, a … Read more
Minister for the Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science Simon Harris marked World Mental Health Day by delivering funding for a new initiative to provide 24/7 mental health support to third-level students. Psychological Counsellors in Higher Education Ireland (PCHEI) launched a partnership with Togetherall to deliver a clinically moderated, online peer-to-peer mental health … Read more
New research, published by the ESRI and produced in partnership with the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration, and Youth (DCEDIY), shows that the COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in poorer mental health among young adults. Using data from the Growing Up in Ireland COVID-19 survey, carried out in December 2020, the findings show that four-in-ten … Read more