Health Board

Suicide or Survive (SOS), a charity aimed at suicide prevention, will host free mental health awareness workshops over the next few weeks. Venues include The Carlton Hotel, Tralee, Co Kerry (February 10th), the Menlo Park, Terryland, Galway (February 21st) and the Westcourt Hotel, Drogheda, Co Louth (March 10th).

Booking on tel: 1890-577577 or visit suicideorsurvive.ie

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Children in Hospital Ireland is looking for volunteers over 18 years of age to play with children in hospital.

The PlayWell volunteers need to be available for two to three hours per week. Tel: 1890-252682 or see childreninhospital.ie for details of a forthcoming public meeting in Dublin.

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Tinnitus is a condition in which people experience sounds in their ears or heads which do not have an external origin. Tinnitus Awareness Week runs from February 7th-11th with a drop-in service in the Irish Tinnitus Association, North Frederick St, Dublin 1. Tel: 01-8175700.

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MyDoctorsRes.com is a new free website which aims to offer doctors a social networking site with access to medical publications, articles and news.

The management team of the Irish-owned site includes Dr John Thompson, former registrar in anaesthetics and intensive care medicine.

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As part of the OCD Ireland free lecture series, therapist and Trinity college lecturer, Fionnula MacLiam, will discuss how cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) can be used in the treatment of Body Dysmorphic Disorder (BDD) on Wednesday, February 16th.

The talk will take place at St Patrick’s Hospital, James’s Street, Dublin 2, from 7pm. Information from ocdireland.org