Niamh O'Connor

Minister of State for Disability, Equality and Mental Health, Kathleen Lynch TD, has (04/06/2014) launched MentalHelp.ie, a new website from the national coalition Mental Health Reform. The website is a guide to the services and supports offered by Mental Health Reform’s 45 member organisations. The MentalHelp web directory is intended as a resource for people … Read more

New MentalHelp web directory of mental health supports launched by Minister Kathleen Lynch Minister of State for Disability, Equality and Mental Health, Kathleen Lynch TD, has today (04/06/2014) launched MentalHelp.ie, a new website from the national coalition Mental Health Reform. The website is a guide to the services and supports offered by Mental Health Reform’s … Read more

A joint campaign by the Union of Students in Ireland (USI) and the national coalition Mental Health Reform is asking Local Election candidates to commit to making mental health a priority locally, if elected. Denise McCarthy, USI Deputy President & VP Welfare said: “With four weeks until the Local Elections on 23rd May, the 4MentalHealth … Read more

Mental Health Reform expresses concern at absence of counselling in proposed Universal Health Insurance basket of services Reacting to the publication of the Government’s White Paper on Universal Health Insurance (UHI), the national coalition Mental Health Reform has expressed concern that the proposed standard ‘basket’ of services does not include talking therapies that are accessible … Read more

Today we mark 1st April by sharing a number of key facts and statistics about mental health. Along with SpunOut.ie,  NWCI, FLAC, Immigrant Council of Ireland, Pavee Point, Inclusion Ireland, EAPN, ERA,MRCI and Open we’ll be starting the #NotAnAprilFool conversation. Follow the conversation by following @MHReform on Twitter, or by checking out the hashtag #NotAnAprilFool. Here’s what we’ll be saying: Higher rate of #mentalhealth difficulties … Read more

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