News & Events
‘Challenging Mental Health Stigma’: Let’s talk Mental Health!
Please join us on Wednesday September 29th, for our FREE online event in support of the See Change Green Ribbon Campaign 2021.This lunch time(1pm-2pm) event is being hosted in collaboration with the Access Office( Maynooth University), and includes a Stigma Reduction...
The SALaM Ireland Study celebrates World Refugee Day 2021
SALaM Ireland Study featured in Maynooth University's World Refugee Day celebration on June 20th 2021 (http://mu.ie/world-refugee-day). The SALaM Ireland team also developed a series of videos to provide some brief insights into the experiences of teachers and...
The SALaM Ireland Study host a webinar for MU Social Justice Week 2021
The SALaM Ireland Study recently hosted the webinar 'Voices Seldom Heard': Exploring the Mental Health and Wellbeing of Refugee Youth in Schools as part of the Maynooth University Social Justice Week. Speakers at this event included educator John Doran and Dr. Illana...
Research highlights the importance of alcohol education for young people in Ireland
CMHCR members Prof. Sinead McGilloway and Dr. John Weafer have presented a report on the findings from a 3-year longitudinal study for Drinkaware’s Junior Cycle Alcohol Education Programme. This study, for the first time, track...
Remembering Siobhain O’Doherty
Today, the staff, students, and affiliate members at the Centre for Mental Health & Community Research remember with fondness Siobháin O'Doherty, on the 4th anniversary of her passing. Siobháin was a SPHeRE programme scholar, supervised by Prof. Sinead McGilloway...
SALaM Ireland featured in the annual Bridge 2020 magazine
The SALaM Ireland Study featured in the annual Bridge 2020 magazine aimed at Maynooth University alumni. For more information, please click here (see p. 8).
Disseminating early years research: an illustrative case study – recent publication
A new publication from CMHCR members Siobhan O'Connor, Prof. Sinead McGilloway, and Dr. Grainne Hickey, with Dr. Melanie Barwick (The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada), was featured in the January 2021 edition of the Journal of Children's Services. This...
Two CMHCR weddings in lockdown
Congratulations to two of our CMHCR members Dr. Brenda O'Connell and Christine Mulligan (pictured) who celebrated their respective weddings during the turbulent year of 2020. We wish both couples the very best for the future!
The ENRICH programme included in the HRB Research in Action ‘Success Stories’
Findings from our ENRICH programme - specifically the UpTo2/Parent and Baby programme - have been featured as a "success story" in the 2020 Health Research Board Research in Action report which can be viewed here: Health_Research_in_Action_2020 (see p.13). The...
CMHCR Member receives the PSI Peter Saville Award for Advances in Organisational Psychology
Congratulations to Dr. Nuala Whelan (MUSSI, Department of Sociology, and CMHCR member) who was awarded the prestigious Division of Work & Organisational Psychology (DWOP) Psychological Society of Ireland (PSI) Early Career Researcher Peter Saville Award for...