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...
Wellness café’s to support recovery are ‘so much more than a cup of tea’
The aim of this article is to set out the development of an innovative, sustainable model of recovery through the setup of peer led...
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...
Why is the mental health system so reluctant to explore non-medical routes to recovery?
I was delighted to be asked by Liam MacGabhann, a co-founder and member of Mad in Ireland to write a blog about some important...
Welcome to Mad in Ireland
Our contention is that generally mainstream media and services orientation speaks and acts to what has now been deemed an outdated diagnostically-based paradigm in mental health. We aim to offer a platform for dialogue, networking, sharing, collaboration, speaking and acting to the new paradigm within an Irish context.