Your Mental Health

This booklet has been produced as part of the ‘Your Mental Health’  awareness campaign, which aims to improve awareness and  understanding of mental health and well-being in Ireland. In planning this campaign, we asked Irish people in a major national  survey about their awareness of and attitudes to mental health and
what it means. The responses were mixed. While most Irish people  agreed that anyone can experience a mental health problem (85%),  most people also admitted that if they had a problem they wouldn’t
want other people to know about it (62%). The challenge for the ‘Your Mental Health’ awareness campaign is to  make it okay to talk about mental health in everyday life. It is something  that can be good or bad and is an important part of all of us.  This booklet aims to:

• highlight some of the things we can do to look after our mental health,
• encourage us to look out for the people around us, and
• give an overview of some common mental health problems.

The booklet also lists some of the organisations and agencies that  provide advice and help on mental health issues. The ‘Your Mental Health’ campaign has been developed by the HSE  National Office for Suicide Prevention, in consultation with voluntary  and statutory partners, as part of Reach Out – the National Strategy  for Action on Suicide Prevention. The booklet was reviewed by  Sandra Hogan, Aware; Brian Howard, Mental Health Ireland; Kahlil  Thompson Coyle, Schizophrenia Ireland; and Dr Rachael Cullivan,
Irish College of Psychiatrists.