adverse childhood experiences. 15

Alzheimer, Alois. 14

anorexia nervosa. 62

anticipatory stress. 27

Bateson, G. 101

Beauchamp. 129

beneficence. 130,

Benner, P. 101

Bernstein, R. 110

brain anomalies. 14

Braun, V. 115, 116, 118,

Brehon Laws. 11

British National Centre for Research Methods. 107

Brown, B. 80

Cartesian Dualism. 19

Central Applications Office (CAO). 34, 35

Childers. 129

Clarke, V. 115, 116, 118,

Clinical Placement Co-ordinator (CPC). 50

Colley, H. 26

confidentiality. 128, 129,

confirmability. 122, 126, 127

conventionalists. 121

conversational interviewing. 110, 127

COVID-19 pandemic. 29

credibility. 122, 124

crippling anxiety. 61

Declaration of Helsinki. 128

degeneration. 13

Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science (DFHERIS). 8

dependability. 122, 125, 127

Disability Access Route to Education (DARE) scheme. 20, 26, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 90

disability support

diagnosis. 40, 42,

disability support service. 42, 43, 45

mental health difficulty. 45, 46, 49, 50, 51, 52

psychiatric diagnosis. 40

discrimination. 15

distress. 3, 131

and mental health. 6

biological basis. 7, 14

diagnosis. 40, 42, 52, 80

FSD. 18

illness framework, or biomedical model. 15

in higher education. 64, 97

language related. 6

lived experience. 4, 5, 107

medico-scientific approach. 5

psychological. 128, 130, 131

students experience. 45, 47, 56, 86, 88, 93, 97

transition to higher education. 26

dyslexia. 75

electricity-induced seizures. 14

ethical considerations. 127

beneficence. 130, 131

confidentiality. 128, 129

informed consent. 128,

justice. 131

non-maleficence. 131

respect for autonomy. 129

“fitness to practice” standards. 46

Free Fees Initiative. 17, 29, 91

free second level education. 91

Fund for Students with Disabilities (FSD). 18, 40, 42

Gadamer, H. G. 100, 115

generalisability. 105, 124

Guba, E. 121, 125, 126

Heidegger. 96, 99, 101, 103, 115

hermeneutic phenomenological method. 98, 99,

data generation. 111, 112, 113, 114, 115

method. 104,

paradigm. 101, 102, 103

research questions. 105,

sample size. 107, 108

sampling. 106, 107

hermeneutic phenomenology. 7

Higgins, Michael D. 94

Higher Education Authority (HEA). 8, 16, 21

Higher Education Institutions (HEIs). 8, 34

higher education, transition to

“the gift of an interval”. 27

challenges and opportunities. 29

description. 26

distress. 25

experience of transition. 30, 31, 32, 33

mismatched expectations or anticipatory stress. 27

with mental health difficulties. 28,

Houses of Industry, Dublin. 12,

human difficulty. see distress

inequity. 15

informed consent. 128,

insulin-induced comas. 14

Ireland

arrival of Christianity. 10

higher education. 9

DARE scheme. 20, 21

Free Fees Initiative. 17,

history of. 16

scarce resources. 17

state-funded primary and secondary education. 16

with mental health difficulties. 18, 19

housing crisis. 29

Law of Distress. 11

mental health. 10, 12, 13, 14, 15

Irish druids. 10

justice. 131

Kelly, Brendan. 14

Koch, T. 124

Leaving Certificate examination. 35, 62, 71, 98

Lincoln, Y. 122, 125, 126

lived experience, with mental health difficulties. 56

at university. 65, 66, 68, 69

higher education for students

challenges. 56, 64

depression and anxiety. 59, 60

National Framework of Qualifications. 62, 63, 98

navigating higher education. 57, 58

poverty and abuse. 60, 61

with distress. 64

perfectionism. 69, 71, 73, 75, 76, 77, 79, 80

malarial mosquitoes. 14

medical microbiology. 13

mental distress. see distress

mental health difficulties. 8

at university. 65, 67, 68, 69,

higher education for students. 56, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64

lived experience. 3, 5

support for students. 89, 90

mental health policy, Ireland. 7

mental health problem or mental health condition. 7

mental illness. 6, 7, 8, 14, 15, 51, 58, 64, 68, 82

mismatched expectations. 27

missed opportunities. 28

“mitigating circumstances”, ethnographic study of. 21

Munhall, P. 103

National Centre for Youth Mental Health, Ireland. 4

National Framework of Qualifications. 98

Newman, John Henry. 95

non-maleficence. 131

non-probability sampling. 106

occupational health. 50

Oxford Handbook of Psychiatry. 15

panic attacks. 61

pathology. 7

Patton, Quinn. 107

perfectionism. 69, 71, 73, 75, 76, 77, 79, 80

phenomenological methods

data analysis. 115

hermeneutic circle. 116, 119, 120, 121

policy. 6, 7, 86, 96

Polkinghorne, D. 121

power. 15

prefrontal lobotomy. 14

procrastination. 77

“professional veneer”. 46

psychiatry

active engagement. 5

defined. 13

development of. 13

explanation of mental disorder. 14

history of. 14

illness framework. 14

psychological distress. 128, 130, 131 . see also distress

purposive sampling. 106,

Quinn, J. 26

Rainbow, P. 103

reformists. 121

respect for autonomy. 130

Roberts, K. 114

Robins, J. 11

Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics (STEM). 95

Seanchas Mór, or “Law of Distress”. 11

self-awareness. 81

social approval. 63

Social Darwinism. 13

student counselling services. 28

Sullivan, W. 102

syphilis-induced psychosis. 14

Taylor, B. 114

transferability. 122, 125

transition. see also higher education, transition to

defined. 26

experience of. 30

trauma. 15

trustworthiness. 121, 122, 123

universal design for learning (UDL) approach. 22, 90

university, transition to

celebrating and investing. 94, 95

experience and knowledge of students. 96,

financing widening participation. 91, 92

investing in people and relationships. 92, 94

supporting transitions. 87, 89

with mental health difficulties. 89, 91

van Manen. 110

Weber, Max. 95

well-being. 10, 18

Wolcott, Harry. 106