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Read more: Pensions automatic enrolment reduces the mental health gap in retirement savings
Dr. Karen Arulsamy, Health Economics Research Unit, University of Aberdeen Prof. Liam Delaney, Department of Psychological and Behavioural Science, London School of Economics A pdf version is available here. Key Findings and Policy Recommendations Introduction Ageing populations and longer life expectancies mean that more people are retiring and spending more years in retirement. This trend…
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Read more: Supporting parents to enhance youth mental health and well-being
Adolescence is a time of growing independence from family for the majority of young people, however this does not mean that parents no longer play a significant supportive role in young people’s lives. Parents may be the first to notice changes in mood or behaviour that signal distress in a young person, and they are…
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Read more: Report of the High Level Taskforce to consider the mental health and addiction challenges of those who come into contact with the criminal justice sector
The Department of Justice and the Department of Health have published the final report of the High Level Taskforce to consider the mental health and addiction challenges of those who come into contact with the criminal justice sector. The report is available here.
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Read more: Mapping of mental health policies for third-country national migrants: EMN Inform
The European Migration Network have released a report “Mapping of mental health policies for third-country national migrants: EMN Inform”. The report is available HERE.
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Read more: The COVID-19 pandemic has led to poorer mental health among young adults
The ESRI have released a report “The COVID-19 pandemic has led to poorer mental health among young adults”. The report is available HERE.
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Read more: Understanding suicide and developing realistic prevention strategies
Suicide has been designated as a critical public health problem by the World Health Organisation (WHO 2014) as well as by successive Irish governments since the 1990s. According to the WHO (2022), more than 700,000 people die each year by suicide representing one in ten deaths worldwide and the figure is considerably higher for younger…
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Read more: Shared Island: Projects, Progress & Policy, A Shared Island Perspective on Mental Health
Shared Island: Projects, Progress & Policy, A Shared Island Perspective on Mental Health report is available from the National Economic & Social Council HERE
