Vaping Products & Psychoactive Substances: What You Should Know as a Parent
The HSE National Social Inclusion Office recently hosted a webinar for parents and guardians with a specific focus on the psychoactive substances. Speakers included Professor Bobby Smyth, Consultant Child & Adolescent Psychiatrist and Emer Loughrey, Senior Addiction Counsellor. Our HSE Health and Wellbeing, Tobacco Free Ireland Programme Lead, Martina Blake spoke on the webinar about the work underway on vaping and pouch use and the available resources for parents. You can watch is back here: https://www.youtube.com/live/_TcriZm6iZg
Promoting and Supporting Mental Health
In the run up World Mental Health Day in October, HSE Health and Wellbeing Mental Health Programme and HSE National Mental Health hosted a joint webinar; Promoting and Supporting Mental Health – Updates on New Initiatives. The webinar showcased a number of evidence-based initiatives developed by the HSE to promote and support mental health, and highlighted the ongoing implementation of our national mental health policy, Sharing the Vision. These included new supports for men’s mental health, spunout Navigator, the Balancing Stress Programme among others. Please find the link to the recording here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uJwRhSvcX24