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This site hosts reports, research and campaigns relating to student mental health. It is presented as a mostly open resource for members. The USI Mental Health programme is proud to be supported and funded by the Health Service Executive National Office for Suicide Prevention.
Connecting Minds Podcast
We all have a mental health. We all need to take care of ourselves.
USI works with your SU to discover better ways of coping with the strain of student life.
Eating Disorders Awareness Week 2026
This week is international Eating Disorders Awareness Week. The aim of this week is to raise awareness and reduce misunderstandings about eating disorders. In 2025, there was a 13% increase in people being treated for an eating disorder in Ireland than the previous year. More than 1 in 20 people in Ireland will develop an […]
Event Alert!
On Thursday 26th February in DCUSU, AMLÉ will host its second Student Mental Health Event Following on from the success of our last event in 2024, we are delighted to announce our second event later this month. We are very excited to invite you to be involved – if you have been working in or […]
Blue Monday?
Today is Blue Monday, supposedly the most depressing day of the year. Or is it? Actually, it’s completely fake – Psychologist Chris Arnall in 2004 was asked to come up with a ‘scientific formula’ for the January Blues in order to market holidays by a travel agent. Clever – because it worked. However, a study […]