Mental health and problem substance use discussed at Oireachtas committee
This is part 1 of a series of posts in relation to dual diagnosis, an issue that has long been part of national dialogue...
Training for new hearing voice facilitators begins in April
Hearing Voices Groups have been an important resource for people who hear voices for over 30 years now. The work of the Hearing Voices...
Mad in Ireland editorial: A radical shift in mental health practice is required
It’s not new or controversial to say that psychiatry can no longer claim ownership over scientific knowledge regarding the nature of mental health and...
Let’s not ‘medicalise and disorderise’ young people, let’s listen to them
A note from Mad in Ireland: There has been a lot in the media recently about youth mental health and how young people are...
‘Discriminatory’ new law set to exclude people who experience extreme mental distress
THE Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Amend Bill 2022 is making important amendments to our new capacity legislation (the Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Act 2015), which is...