** Taking Control of Your Long Term Illness is the theme of this year’s Raynaud’s Scleroderma conference in the National College of Ireland, Mayor St, IFSC, Dublin 1 on Saturday from 10am-4pm.
The conference will focus on medical aspects of both illnesses and is open to sufferers, their families and carers. See irishraynauds.comfor full details or tel: 0818 363999.
** Cyber Bullying and Its Effects on the Mental Health of Young Adolescents is an information evening for parents and carers at 7pm on Monday, April 23rd in the Lucena Clinic, 59 Orwell Road, Rathgar, Dublin.
Admission is free but advanced booking is required on tel: 01 4923596 or email marie.mccourt@sjog.ie
** What parents can do about teenage drinking is the theme of consultant psychiatrist Dr Bobby Smyth's talk on Monday at 8pm. The talk is the second in the free Minding the Mind public lecture series held annually in St John of God Hospital, Stillorgan, Dublin. See stjohnofgodhospital.ieor tel: 01 2771400 for more details.
** Fitness expert Karl Henry and specialist diabetes nurse Helena Farrell will speak at the seminar, Living Well with Diabetes, on Saturday afternoon in the Touchstone Primary Care Practice in Blackrock, Cork (near Mahon Point). Admission free but booking required on touchstone.
ie/blackrockhall/diabetes or tel: 021-4231166.
** Australian psychologist and author Dorothy Rowe will speak about Depression and Happiness on Thursday, April 26th at 7.30pm in D4 Berkeley Court Hotel, Ballsbridge, Dublin. See seminars.ieor tel: 01 2875524 for details.
** The Asperger Syndrome Association of Ireland (Aspire) is holdings its annual seminar from 9.30am- 4pm on Saturday, April 28th in the Sandymount Hotel, Dublin 4.
Speakers include social worker, psychotherapist and Irish Times columnist John Sharry, and Sean Foley, an adult with Asperger Syndrome.
Email development@ aspireireland.ieor tel: 01 8780029 for more details.
