• Reactions vary at different ages

  The Family Mediation Service says that while most children show core signs of distress, reactions to parental break-ups vary in both intensity and kind. p
  

• Making the most of father's days

  Eugene Donohoe and his ex-wife share parenting of their 13-year-old son, Mark who spends alternate weekends and time each week with each parent. p
  

• Children at the coalface

  The audience braced itself as the first speaker approached the microphone. She wore pale pink sweatpants and was 11 years old. "I was just 10 when my parents split. They were tearing each other apart. None of us could talk to each other. I got mad and sad and confused," she said. p
  

• Me and My Stress

  Main causes of stress p
  

• Patient Query/Acne Rosacea

  I have always had a problem with blushing and a high colour especially when I drink a lot of coffee. I have recently developed spots over my cheeks, forehead and nose. It looks like acne but as I am in my early 30s is this likely? p
  

• When body image is the bottom line

  Think of some prominent Northern women. The President, Mrs McAleese. The DUP's Iris Robinson. Journalist Nell McCafferty. Insecure? Hardly. They are powerful role models for younger women, high achievers who aren't the types to spend valuable time in front of their bedroom mirrors fretting and comparing themselves to Andrea Corr, Angelina Jolie or Jennifer Lopez. p
  

• Lifelines

  Anorexia nervosa p
  

• Shrinking violets

  I don't know anyone who hasn't been to therapy. By therapy I mean individual or group counselling on anything from bereavement to addiction, depression, sexual abuse, marital problems and anxiety. By "anyone", I mean my circle of friends, relatives and colleagues back home in the US. p
  

Most popular stories