New mental health rules needed Sir – Emer O’Kelly’s article (Sunday Independent, 7 June) suggests that calls to reduce the use of powerful psychotropic drugs to control challenging behaviour of people with severe mental health conditions and people with an intellectual disability is an unrealistic ideal, due to lack of resources. Such a position is … Read more
Mental Health Reform has today (03/06/2015) described implementation of the national mental health policy A Vision for Change after nine years as “incomplete and uneven”, despite pockets of innovation. Dr Shari McDaid, Director of Mental Health Reform, said: “This report acknowledges the progress that has been made and the staff whose commitment has helped to … Read more
Mental Health Reform has today (25/04/2015) welcomed the commitment by Minister of State for Primary and Social Care Kathleen Lynch TD to remove the word ‘unwilling’ in relation to electro-convulsive therapy (ECT) in the consent section of the Mental Health Act 2001. Speaking at a mental health conference in Cork organised by the Centre for … Read more
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
Mental Health Reform, the national coalition promoting improved mental health services, has today (19/12/2014) welcomed the publication of the HSE Mental Health Division’s Operational Plan for 2015, saying that the plan shows that the HSE has listened to some of the concerns raised by people who use mental health services and their family members/carers. Dr … Read more
Mental Health Reform, the national coalition promoting improved mental health services, has today (19/12/2014) welcomed the publication of the HSE Mental Health Division’s Operational Plan for 2015, saying that the plan shows that the HSE has listened to some of the concerns raised by people who use mental health services and their family members/carers. Dr … Read more
JobBridge Policy, Communications and Campaigns internship Hours of work: 5 days per week Duration: Minimum of nine months Working Hours: 34 hours per week – 9am – 5pm Monday to Thursday, 9am – 4pm Friday. Reports to: Communications and Campaigns Officer Main tasks: The Policy, Campaigns and Communications Intern will assist the Mental Health Reform … Read more
