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MEP Maria Walsh has responded to calls for a radical overhaul of the entire mental health system in Ireland, describing the situation as “life and death”. MEP Walsh, who authored the European Parliament’s first report around mental health earlier this summer, stressed that the mental health of citizens, both in Ireland and at European level, should be top of the agenda.

1. Avoid setting unrealistic targets. Having high standards can be a positive trait. It encourages us to aim for the top and reach our potential. However, if you set yourself impossibly high goals, which either cannot be met or can only be accomplished with great difficulty, or if you are never fully satisfied with the results you achieve, you are putting yourself under undue pressure. If you have perfectionist traits, you may be familiar with any of the following:

Local Sinn Féin public representative, Deputy Sorca Clarke, has said that the two-tiered health service is failing people presenting with mental health difficulties.

A third of white-collar Irish professionals have stated that they are ‘very likely’ to leave their job in the coming months, unless more understanding and assistance is directed toward personal matters which impact their work.

Every community and society has gems that it has to protect. Whether they be social, cultural or geographic, there are aspects of life for which future generations will chastise us if we let them falter or disintegrate in any way.

A free online health and wellbeing programme has been launched to help older people to stay fit and well throughout their retirement.

BY DECLAN VARLEY

As school children emerge from what has been an incredibly challenging and uncertain time, and with research last year showing that almost 20 percent of parents of primary school aged children have sought some form of mental health support for their child over the past two years, the National Parents Council Primary and St Patrick’s Mental Health Services are issuing a timely call for the development and introduction of additional primary schools-based mental health supports.

Everyone feels low at some point in their lives and if you are struggling to cope it may be difficult to see beyond your current situation.

Drinkaware, the national charity working to reduce and prevent the misuse of alcohol in Ireland, is offering a free mental health resource to the public - the resource is available to order online and will be sent directly to you free of charge.