Youth Mental Health Stories

Youth Mental Health Lab – Stories from UCD

Youth mental health and COVID-19

Dr Niki Nearchou discusses the impact of Covid-19 on young people living with chronic health conditions https://publicpolicy.ie/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Niki-Nearchou.pdf  Video of the session hosted by Prof E. Hennessy (including a talk by Dr Amanda Fitzgerald)

https://youtu.be/NeSXwE5U2Y8

 

Watch this conversation on youth mental health in the time of COVID-19 from ‘UCD In Conversation’ series with Dr Tony Bates and Dr Sarah Fortune moderated by Eilis Hennessy from the Youth Mental Health lab

https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=730948761035282

 

My World Survey 2 in the media (a sample of outputs):

The Irish Times:

https://www.irishtimes.com/news/education/teenagers-who-spend-longer-onlinehave-higher-depression-rates-1.4087091

https://www.irishtimes.com/news/education/steep-rise-in-rates-of-anxiety-anddepression-among-young-1.4087207

https://www.irishtimes.com/news/education/young-people-andmental-health-we-re-notshocked-by-suicide-anymore-1.4087112

https://www.irishtimes.com/news/education/staying-healthy-during-the-best-days-of-your-life-1.4120348

https://www.irishtimes.com/life-and-style/health-family/mental-health-we-re-failing-our-young-people-1.4103045

 

The Independent:

https://www.independent.ie/life/health-wellbeing/mental-health/girls-tend-to-bond-over-excluding-39000078.html

https://www.independent.ie/irishnews/health/study-shows-significantincrease-in-anxiety-and-depressionamong-young-people-in-ireland-38705642.html

 

Listen to Cliodhna O’Connor discuss the impact of MWS 1, runner up award in 2019 UCD Research Impact Case Study

https://youtu.be/rQsL_0kkwrk

 

Listen to Barbara Dooley talk about the importance of one good adult as a protective factor in youth mental health 

https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=10153958342002931

 

Webinars on Youth Well-Being for Parents and Teachers

https://youtu.be/oGI6yBE7BG0   In this Webinar Professor Eilis Hennessy talks about adolescent development and how parents can support young people's well being.

 

 

Managing school stress webinar

https://youtu.be/gGgFfFYPJSU

In this the second of our series of Webinars for parents, Elizabeth Charles, Educational Psychologist working with the National Educational Psychology service, talks about managing stresses associated with school.

 

 

How to talk to a young person about how they're feeling

https://youtu.be/FwdFXlInCBk

In this webinar Dr Tony Bates, Professor Gary Donohoe and Dr Charlotte Wilson talk about their experiences both as clinical psychologists and as parents. The webinar is full of useful tips for parents about the does and don'ts of talking to young people.

 

Compassion approaches for supporting young people

https://youtu.be/_ld7JkyzJDY

In this webinar Dr Ciara Mahon, post-doctoral research fellow in the UCD School of Psychology, talks about the importance of helping young people to be self-compassionate

 

Mental Health Literacy

Mental health literacy is more important now than ever, particularly for young people. Watch Maeve Dwan O’Reilly’s short video:

Learn more about Maeve Dwan O’Reilly’s research on the experiences of teachers in the Jigsaw One Good School mental health literacy initiative in this video:

https://youtu.be/Gj_AlM4GF6Y

 

https://youtu.be/Gj_AlM4GF6Y

 

Body image

Read this article on RTE Brainstorm reporting on findings on body dissatisfaction from the My World Survey and Dr. Amanda Fitzgerald discussing the impact of body dissatisfaction on mental health. Why body-positive role models like Lizzo matter 

Hear Ciara Mahon discuss her PhD research on adolescent body image and social media use on RTE drivetime with Della Kilroy: https://www.rte.ie/radio/radioplayer/html5/#/radio1/21901670

Read this article in the Irish Examiner reporting on the findings of Ciara Mahon’s PhD research on adolescent body image and social media use.  https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-40210904.html

Watch Ciara Mahon in a panel discussion at the Science Gallery TCD: "In pursuit of the perfect presence":

https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=488162952030886

 

Supporting young people who are distressed

Learn more about Neil MacDhonnagain’s research on the factors predicting psychological distress in young people in this short video:

https://youtu.be/Iur1dQGVSno

 

 

Neil introduces Jigsaw’s brief intervention model of youth mental health support:
https://twitter.com/neilmacdh/status/1308353164375191559?s=20

Maria Tibbs gives a brief introduction to her research on Jigsaw Live Chats an online mental health support service for young people. 
https://twitter.com/MariaTibbs1/status/1308358041650237441

 

 

Learn more about reslience

In this video Dr Niki Nearchou discusses the concept of resilience as a Personality Trait and A Dynamic Process

https://youtu.be/sMhUtLMBpr8

What is the power of resilience in children exposed to adversities? Read this blog post in Women Are Boring by Dr Niki Nearchou https://womenareboring.wordpress.com/2018/04/05/the-power-of-resilience-in-children-exposed-to-adversities/

 

Anti-stigma videos

https://youtu.be/GfC33m2xv2s

Watch these films address mental health stigma developed by Professor Eilis Hennessy in collaboration with the Dun Laoghaire Institute of Art Design and Technology

 

https://youtu.be/RIf5IGT58EA

https://youtu.be/0rEKsxgN0jc

https://youtu.be/_RgZgFULBlE