Mental Health Reform wants to hear from anyone with an interest in mental health about their experience of getting mental health support. We will share our perspective on what a good quality mental health service should offer, and give an assessment of the Government’s implementation of mental health policy. Email rsvp@mentalhealthreform.ie or call us on 01 874 … Read more
Mental Health Reform today called on Government to publish legislation urgently to prohibit the use of electro-convulsive therapy (ECT) against an individual’s will.
This week, we have been looking at progress so far in putting the policy A Vision for Change into action, eight years into what was supposed to be a ten-year policy. On Thursday 23rd January, RTE Radio 1’s Drivetime covered our call for improved mental health crisis supports, and you can listen back to the segment here, from 2 hours, … Read more
Mental Health Reform is asking the Minister of State for Mental Health, Kathleen Lynch TD, to use her powers to improve access to mental health crisis supports, marking the 8th anniversary of the government mental health policy A Vision for Change on 24th January. In 2012, there were 18,173 admissions to Irish psychiatric units and hospitals, many of which … Read more