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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:

Last weekend saw the official commencement of works at the site of the former Grove Hospital Tuam, with the formal commencement of the building works ceremony of the new Community Healthcare Hub for Mental Health and Disability Services.

Seven months into a very different world, our mental health has never mattered more as we head into winter amid level five Covid-19 restrictions.

A voluntary network of mental health professionals has been created to support frontline workers in Ireland during the Covid-19 crisis. Covid Cara was established by Linda Bhreathnach, the award-winning writer and director who recently graduated with a M.A. in Psychology.

The HSE West has got the go-ahead to provide additional psychology services through a locum.

CORU, the body charged with regulating health and social care professionals, has advised social workers that they have just weeks to apply to register with their regulator. Registration, which is aimed at protecting the public, is the law and social workers who do not register will face serious consequences.

Mayo Fine Gael TD Michelle Mulherin has welcomed the announcement that a second child and adolescent mental health services psychiatrist and team is to be appointed in Mayo and based in the HSE Primary Care Centre in Ballina.

A one day experiential workshop will provide an opportunity to those in the caring professions to take time and space to focus on their own health and wellbeing. The workshop in the Family Centre is being facilitated by Maura Horkan, psychotherapist, and will take place on Wednesday March 9.