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Thousands of women over the age of 60 years of age may be suffering the devastating effects of menopause unnecessarily due to confusion and lack of understanding around starting HRT.

A car which collided with another, killing a family of three and its own driver had travelled 2km in the wrong direction before the impact, an inquest was told this week.

MEP Maria Walsh has responded to calls for a radical overhaul of the entire mental health system in Ireland, describing the situation as “life and death”. MEP Walsh, who authored the European Parliament’s first report around mental health earlier this summer, stressed that the mental health of citizens, both in Ireland and at European level, should be top of the agenda.

Galway-born psychiatrist Brendan Kelly, professor of psychiatry at Trinity College and Consultant Psychiatrist at Tallaght University Hospital, is one of Ireland’s leading voices in the field of mental health care.

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A public meeting on coping with depression will take place in Galway tomorrow (Friday).

The Mayo Healthy Reading Scheme was recently launched at Castlebar Library. This joint initiative by the HSE and Mayo County Council Library Services aims to promote the availability of a wide variety of self help books on a range of common psychological, emotional, and parenting issues. A total of 88 books are available free to all library members at the various library branches throughout the county. Topics covered include bereavement, depression, relationship problems, parenting issues, and self esteem. Some of the books available include Children and Bullying, Overcoming Depression, Overcoming Childhood Trauma, The Mindful Way Through Depression, and Parent Power. All of the books have been recommended by health professionals.

As part of National Mental Health Awareness Week, Athlone Mental Health Association is to host a wide-ranging series of events in the town.