Mental health wellbeing
Keeping yourself sane at university
Recognising and dealing with depression, anxiety & self harm
In the first part of our chat, leading psychologist, Dr Kirin Hilliar, provides us with an insight into some of the reasons students and schoolchildren suffer with mental health issues, and how parents and teachers can help spot warning signs and deal with teen anxiety. We also discuss the negative aspects of social media, how to deal with peer pressure, and home life during lockdown.
The effects of social media on teenagers, dealing with self harm, and the stigma of depression
In the second part of our chat with leading psychologist, Dr Kirin Hilliar, she provides us with an insight into the reasons students and schoolchildren suffer with mental health issues, and how parents and teachers can help spot the signs and deal with teen anxiety. We also discuss the negative aspects of social media, how to deal with peer pressure, and home life during lockdown.
Mental Health Advice for Youths and Students
With youth depression on the rise and giving so much cause for concern, we invited Dr Sonakshi Ruhela to chat about the main topics of interest that might help students through hard times of the global pandemic and dealing with people in close proximity for an abnormally large amount of time. It can be really tough process; growing up, leaving school and starting university when there is so much expected of you. We organised these sessions in order to try to give you the best advice to help should you feel yourself suffering in darker times. We would love to hear from you, so please feel free to leave a comment on the video.
Moving out of the Dark is a book that investigates the effects that suicide has on a the families of those who attempt or succeed in taking their own lives. Author, Andy Pacino, interviewed a number of people who have been affected either by a family suicide, or have attempted to take their own lives. The book came bout die to the amount of negative posts Andy saw from students on his social media accounts, and he wanted to understand why so many youngsters seemed so depressed. Along with the book, Andy conducted a series of interviews with a number of renowned psychologists who are involved with youths and students, and who work full time counselling youngsters who suffer from depression, anxiety, many of whom self harm, and have negative thoughts on their lives and the direction their lives have taken. The clear message from the book is that suicide wrecks families, more often than not there were people the victims of suicide could have spoken to, and that there is plenty of help out there, though it isn’t always obvious the person suffering from depression realises their own predicament.
