Kerry Mental Health Association

KMHA News Highlights
- World Mental Health Day 10th October 2012
  To celebrate World Mental Health Day, Kerry Mental Health Association and Kerry County GAA have teamed up for a countywide mental health awareness campaign. The campaign will have a two pronged approach: involving the deployment of mental health awareness signs and a series of talks throughout the county.
  
  The campaign is being launched officially on Wednesday 10th October, World Mental Health Day, at Fitzgerald Stadium Killarney.
  
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As Development Manager for the Kerry Mental Health Association I wish to take this opportunity to welcome you to the Kerry Mental Health Association Website. It is the Association’s wish that the Website will assist in providing a greater public awareness of the functions and activities of the K.M.H.A. particularly in promoting positive mental health and supporting people with mental health problems, their families and carers by identifying their needs and advocating their rights.
Dan O'Connor, Development Manager, K.M.H.A

Kenmare Branch Coffee Morning

Posted In: NOTICE BOARD

World Mental Health Week

Kenmare Branch Coffee Morning

Friday 11th October 2013

10.30am to 1pm

Lansdowne Arms Hotel Kenmare

Beyond the Pill

Posted In: NOTICE BOARD

Mental Health Week 2013

Beyond the Pill

Tralee MHA in association with HSE

Thursday 10th October 2013

9am to 4.30pm

Meadowlands Hotel Tralee

Eleanor Wall Tel: 0667123278 or email: eleanor.wall@hse.ie

Building Resilience

Posted In: ARTICLES

Building Resilience is developing individual strengths and abilities to "bounce back" from challenges and setbacks that life presents us with.
It involves being able to adapt to changes, drawing on both our own strengths and the available social resources to assist us during times of stress.

Young People's Mental Health

Posted In: RESEARCH

At the National Symposium on Young People's Mental Health, 21st of October2004 in Jury's Hotel, Cork, organised by the National Suicide Research Foundation in conjunction with the National Suicide Review Group and the Southern Health Board, the report on "Young People's Mental Health: A report of the results from the Lifestyle and Coping Survey", was launched by Mr. Tadhg Glavin, Senior Inspector Southern Regional Office, Department of Education and Science.

KMHA Post Primary Schools Leaving Cert Survey

Posted In: RESEARCH

A survey conducted by the Kerry Mental Health Association, in March 2001 among final year Leaving Cert. students, reveals that the students suffer from a considerable amount of stress because of a fear of doing badly in the Leaving Cert. Exam. The survey was carried out in 28 Post Primary Schools throughout Kerry and a total of 1422 students participated.

What is in this Site?

Wednesday, June 09th, 2010 7:27 AM Articles

ARTICLES
Articles reasearch compiled from a variety of professionals and individuals in relation to various issues that they have experience of during the course of their work or who may have had a personal experience.
KMHA Articles

RESEARCH
Since spring 2001 the K.M.H.A. has committed itself to ongoing research, particularly among young people. To date it has completed two surveys among post primary school students. Both surveys were conducted to try and determine the levels of stress experienced by young people and to establish how effective they were in coping with stress.
KMHA Research Listings

Student Support

The K.M.H.A. is very aware from research based evidence of the high levels of stress experienced by some students in relation to various issues and the need for support. In that light the K.M.H.A. devotes this section to students where the information available to them may provide some of that much needed support and advice.
KMHA Student Support