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Monaghan Mental Health Association is a local voluntary body, one of 104 branches of Mental Health Ireland (MHI) throughout the country.
Our membership includes mental health professionals and lay people who provide care, active support and friendship to people, carers and families in the community who are dealing with mental illness.
MMHA also works to promote positive mental health and act as an advocate for the rights of people with mental health problems.
MMHA was established in 1972 in a room above Wineways in Glaslough Street, Monaghan. Some of the members of the newly formed organisation on that night are still members today.

We welcome new members!

If you are interested in joining us please contact any member of the committee or our secretary, Emer Brennan at 086 3908504 or better still use our contact page on this site.

More information available on the Mental Health Ireland web site - www.mentalhealthireland.ie

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Ten Tips for Mental Health

Build Confidence
Identify your abilities and weakness together, accept them and do the best with what you have.

Give and Accept Support
Friends and family relationships thrive when they are "put to the test"

Create a Meaningful Budget
Financial problems cause stress. Over spending on "wants" instead of "needs" is often the culprit.

Volunteer
Being involved in your local community gives a sense of purpose and satisfaction.

Manage Stress
We all have stresses in our lives but learning how to deal with them when they threaten to overwhelm us will maintain our mental health.

Find Strength in Numbers
Sharing a problem with others who have had a similar experience may help you find a solution and will make you feel less isolated.

Identify and Deal with Moods
We all need to find safe and constructive ways to express our feelings of anger, sadness, joy and fear.

Learn to be at Peace with Yourself
Get to know who you are, what makes you really happy, and learn to balance what you can and cannot change about yourself.

Accept Compliments
Many of us have difficulty accepting kindness from others but we all need to remember the positive when times are tough.

Make Time for Family and Friends
These relationships need to be nurtured, if taken for granted they will not be there for life's joys and sorrows.

Coming Up:  
Building Self Esteem, Confidence and Resilience in Children”by Dr. Mary O Kane
Thursday 24th October 7.30pm in the Hillgrove Hotel.
All welcome  
Dr O’ Kane is a Lecturer in Psychology, Early Childhood Studies and Education. She runs a monthly Parenting Slot on Ireland AM discussing a broad range of parenting and childhood issues

Our Poetry and Essay Project for Schools Awards is open. Entries close on Friday 25th October 2019
MMHA has sponsored the 12 week PawsB Mindfulness programme in local schools. It started in 5 schools in November 2015  and is continuing depending on availability of funds.
See what St Louis GNS has to say here: http://www.stlouisgns.ie/school-news/164-mindfulness-project
​Over 40 Years 
of Monaghan Mental Health Association

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