Innovative mental health service shut down – despite expert report stating it should be...
A pioneering community mental health service in West Cork has been shut down - even though a report obtained by Mad in Ireland found...
Legitimacy and ethics of coercion in mental health questioned in new paper
Mad in Ireland recently wrote about the need for a real change in our mental health laws and policies if human rights and a...
Mental health & substance use: building a recovery community
It is difficult to be interested in, or involved with, either mental health or addiction/substance use communities without having an opinion on dual diagnosis....
Event notice – Are diagnoses and drugs the answer to human distress?
Northern Ireland groups Participation and the Practice of Rights (PPR) and Glór na Móna are hosting an event to raise awareness about outdated mental...
Research: Open Dialogue approach may reduce drug treatment in young people
New research from Finland has suggested that mental health services based on the Open Dialogue (OD) approach to mental health may reduce psychotropic drug...