Dr Pat Bracken: Psychiatric power, a personal view
Editor's note - Mad in Ireland is sharing this article from Dr Pat Bracken, first printed in the Irish Journal of Psychological Medicine in 2012,...
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...
Coercion in psychiatric wards tied to worse recovery, study finds
Coercive measures remain routine in psychiatric hospitals, yet new evidence suggests they do far more harm than good. A longitudinal study of 111 inpatients...
The UK is helping people stop antidepressants – but still no tapering advice available...
It's now widely accepted that there can be withdrawal effects from antidepressants - but no tapering guidance or advice is currently available in Ireland
Pharmacists...
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...