# Stigma
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decriminalisation
Stigma around drug use preventing people from coming forward to access key supports
9 Dec 2022
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Analysis
How a God-fearing Ireland shamed, abandoned and punished its 'fallen' women and girls
12 Jan 2021
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Metabolic health
Doctors warn against obesity patient 'stigma' in post-pandemic health system
11 May 2020
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Voices
Opinion: 'People with HIV in Ireland are dehumanised - we're seen as a virus'
Robbie Lawlor
15 Feb 2019
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Voices
Column: '61% of girls my age are embarrassed about their period'
Niamh Dunne
1 Jul 2018
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living with hiv
'My fear was what if the baby had HIV. When I had my daughter, thank god, she was HIV negative'
4 May 2018
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Stigma
Life as a woman with HIV: 'We're stigmatised because we're looked upon as if we're easy'
22 Apr 2018
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Addiction
'You junkie, you addict' - How stigma can prevent drug users getting the help they need
27 Feb 2018
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HIV
'I'm most angry at myself': HIV positive people continue to suffer from stigma in Ireland
28 Sep 2017
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Mental Health
Mindfulness in schools and less focus on points: What politicians want for Irish schoolchildren
12 Sep 2017
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ask for help
Fianna Fáil TD becomes emotional in Dáil speaking about death of young man by suicide
14 Jul 2017
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Stigma
Adoption in Ireland: 'We're still going through it, we're still carrying the shame'
18 Jun 2017
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Vicious cycle
Red tape and stigma are barriers to homeless seeking mental health services
16 Jun 2017
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green ribbon
Almost half of people in rural Ireland would conceal a mental health difficulty
22 May 2017
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Stigma
'It's not an easy way out': Is surgery the way to help solve Ireland's obesity crisis?
22 May 2017
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green ribbon
Almost half of people in Dublin wouldn't work with someone with a mental health difficulty
15 May 2017
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Stigma
'Let them know you're there for them': Half of people under 35 would conceal mental health issue
1 May 2017
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Voices
Stigma: 'When a doctor can say to you when filling out a sick cert: "Will I just put depression, or…?"'
Jen Ronan
29 Apr 2017
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can't you hear them?
A huge number of people hear voices in their head, but it doesn't have to be a bad thing
22 Apr 2017
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clúid housing
Report finds people living in social housing change accents and falsify addresses to avoid stigma
30 Mar 2017
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Voices
'One patient told me she overheard a member of staff referring to her as "just a psychiatric case"'
Dr Stephen McWilliams
29 Jan 2017
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Voices
Living with albinism: 'I can't go into town without someone pointing or laughing at me'
Sinead McManus
15 Jan 2017
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Voices
Opinion: 'Our reaction to Kanye West's breakdown feeds cycle of judgement and scorn'
Vicky Kavanagh
25 Nov 2016
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flying solo
Do the 44% of Irish people who are single in their 30s suffer stigma?
3 Nov 2016
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Voices
'I'm ok with talking about my mental health problems - but will it affect my employability?'
Natalie Marr
9 Jul 2016
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Voices
'I told my date that I had depression and he laughed and told me I was just lazy'
Natalie Marr
26 Jun 2016
3.7k
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Voices
Employees: Why do Irish companies still see mental health issues as a sign of weakness?
Dr Stephen McWilliams
26 Jun 2016
2.9k
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Voices
Schizophrenia is not a split personality - there are four main symptoms
Dr Stephen McWilliams
31 Aug 2015
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go with the flow
Woman (26) ran London marathon with 'period blood running down her legs'
9 Aug 2015
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forget the stigma
People look at me and say 'You don't look like somebody that has dementia'
4 Jun 2015
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Stigma
Practice of 'normalising' intersex children at birth denounced by Europe
13 May 2015
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Stigma
Some people are talking sense about depression after Andreas Lubitz headlines
27 Mar 2015
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Mental Health
People are talking a lot of sense about depression on Twitter today
27 Mar 2015
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