Ask the expert

Welcome to ReachOut.com’s Ask the Expert service

Through this service the ReachOut.com team will be working with a group of professionals and experts with detailed and specialist knowledge of youth mental health issues such as anxiety and depression to answer your questions and address your concerns. The issues covered will be the same as those covered throughout ReachOut.com but through this service we will be able to provide valuable insight into more specific and personal concerns that you may have.

April 2012

Each month we will concentrate on one particular mental health area and work, mainly, with one specific collaborator. Dr Bobby Smyth was our featured expert for the month of April taking questions if you were concerned about your, or someone else’s, use of alcohol, drugs or use of something that has become problematic.

Expert Panel

Exam stress and tips

Dr Tamara O’Connor took your questions about exam stress and tips.

Bullying

Colman Noctor took your questions about bullying in Novemeber 2012.

Internet safety

Rachel O’Connell took your questions on internet safety and cyberbullying in January 2013.

Self-harm

Rory O’Connor took your questions about self-harm in January and October 2012.

Anxiety and Depression

Angela Walsh was our featured expert for September 2012 taking your questions on anxiety and depression.

Anxiety – Mark Smyth

Mark took your questions on anxiety for the month of August.

Bullying

Jennifer Ryan was our expert for the month of July taking questions about bullying behaviour.

Money worries

Michael Culloty, from Money Advice and Budgeting Service (MABS), was our expert for the month of May.

Drugs and alcohol

Dr Bobby Smyth was our featured expert for the month of April.

Relationships and parental break-up

Francesca McGuinn, from Teen Between, was our featured expert for the month of March.

Bereaved by suicide

Ciarán Austin from Console was our featured expert for the month of December.

Sexuality

Michael Barron from BeLonG To was the featured expert in November taking questions about sexuality.

Psychosis and schizophrenia

Niall Turner was our featured expert in October.

Depression and anxiety

Tony Bates from Headstrong was our featured expert in September.

School leavers

Brian Mooney was our featured expert in August taking questions from school leavers.

Eating disorders

Harriet Parsons from Bodywhys was our featured expert in July ’11 and February ’12.

Depression

Dr Helen Keely was our featured expert for June and answered your questions about depression.