Year: 2015

Amnesty International Ireland and Mental Health Reform, the national coalition on mental health, have together (05/03/2015) welcomed the publication by Minister for Primary and Social Care, Kathleen Lynch TD, of the Report of the Expert Group on the Review of the Mental Health Act 2001. Colm O’Gorman, Executive Director of Amnesty International Ireland, said: “Amnesty … Read more

In case you missed it, this is the article we had published in the Irish Times last month. Homeless people with mental health difficulties need more than key in the door Shari McDaid First published: Mon, Jan 12, 2015, 00:01 My office sits in the shadows of the now closed St Brendan’s Hospital, Grangegorman, which … Read more

Mental Health Reform, the national coalition promoting improved mental health services, has welcomed recent HSE commitments to strengthen the response offered by A&E departments to people in crisis and to extend mental health services to weekends. The commitment is contained in the HSE’s Mental Health Division Operational Plan for 2015. Director of Mental Health Reform, … Read more

Mental Health Reform, the national coalition promoting improved mental health services, has welcomed recent HSE commitments to strengthen the response offered by A&E departments to people in crisis and to extend mental health services to weekends. The commitment is contained in the HSE’s Mental Health Division Operational Plan for 2015. Director of Mental Health Reform, … Read more