We continue our series of monthly member blogs, with this month’s blog coming to us from Dual Diagnosis Ireland. ‘Dual Diagnosis’ is the term used when a person suffers from both a substance addiction problem and another mental health issue, such as depression or an anxiety disorder. Most mental health services and addiction treatment centres … Read more
Press Release For Immediate Release No more staffing delays – Mental Health Reform urges local action on mental health staffing Mental Health Reform has asked people to contact their local elected representatives, in an effort to keep pressure on the Government to honour its commitment to appoint new staff for community mental health services this year. Orla Barry, … Read more
MHR article in the Irish Medical News, April 2013 By Orla Barry The recovery principle set out in the Government’s mental health policy A Vision for Change represents a cultural challenge to reform of the mental health services. Pointing beyond issues of quality, scope and structure, the recovery principle evokes a new ethos to underpin … Read more
MHR article in the Irish Medical News, April 2013 By Orla Barry The recovery principle set out in the Government’s mental health policy A Vision for Change represents a cultural challenge to reform of the mental health services. Pointing beyond issues of quality, scope and structure, the recovery principle evokes a new ethos to underpin service delivery. … Read more
MHR’s Director Orla Barry was interviewed yesterday by RTE’s Morning Edition on our series of public meetings: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ahhJDI7PQkQ
Public Meetings in April on Mental Health Services Please note: If you are unable to attend our public meetings, we would still very much like to hear from you. You can share your thoughts on the mental health services via this survey. Mental Health Reform invites people in the Dublin and Wexford areas with an … Read more
This month, we begin the first in a new series of monthly member blogs, in which Mental Health Reform members write about a mental health issue as it relates to the work of their organisation. This month’s blog comes to us from the Irish Refugee Council. Mental health among asylum seekers in Ireland Paula Quirke, Information … Read more
Sir, – The closure of St Brendan’s Hospital, Grangegorman (Carl O’Brien, Health +Family, February 26th) and the opening of the Phoenix Care Centre, a modern intensive care centre, is a welcome step forward in the reform of mental health service delivery. This ending and new beginning is happening in the wake of the Government apology … Read more
On 24th January 2006, the then Government agreed on a new mental health policy, A Vision for Change. Seven years on, Mental Health Reform and some of our great volunteers braved the cold to mark the event with a photo shoot entitled “Against the clock”. See some more of our photos here. Here’s what we … Read more
Seven years to the day after the publication of the mental health policy A Vision for Change (AVFC), Mental Health Reform calls on the Government to prioritise its implementation. Orla Barry, Director of Mental Health Reform, commented: “It is striking that, despite the Government’s stated commitment to developing community mental health services, the years since the publication … Read more