Escaping the medication maze and beginning to feel again
There are as many different ways to approach this story as there are stories and tales within the story. This is more of a...
Human rights must be part of everyday practice in mental health social work
Social workers call on CORU to reinsert references to human rights into the Social Work Code of Professional Conduct and Ethics
Approximately 1 in 4...
The long-awaited National Clinical Programme for Dual Diagnosis
The long-awaited National Clinical Programme for Dual Diagnosis was published last week. This piece will take a look at it from the point of...
Raising awareness about the side effects of psychiatric medications
I have been a member of the Our Rights and Medication Advocacy Group (ORAM) for a few years now and I am writing to...
The Battle of the Peer
Peer support is simple. It is the very natural, very normal, coming together of humans where they share their experiences of living with very...