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Rethinking Mental Health in Ireland: Why Not a Trieste-Style Approach?

Mad in America

Irelands mental health policy landscape has evolved over the decades, with A Vision for Change (2006) and the more recent Sharing the Vision (2020) outlining ambitions for a recovery- oriented, community-based system. The Irish Context: Where Do We Stand? The result?

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Press Statement: College calls for new governance and management structures for CAMHS

College of Psychiatrists of Ireland

In response the College formed a special working group to study reforms in the services which has led to the publication of a comprehensive policy document today (Tuesday). Speaking today Dr Patricia Byrne, Chair, Faculty of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry , said that reform of the CAMHS services was now critically urgent.

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Default Depression—How We Now Interpret Distress as Mental Illness

Mad in America

The Situational Approach Workplace mental health policies and practice have had a huge impact on industry and the workplace, including an enormous cost burdenboth human and economic.

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Reimagining Crisis Support: A Conversation with Tina Minkowitz

Mad in America

Other people have their own ideas about this; there is a document published by a group of authors, including Alberto Vásquez and Peter Stastny, in which they address crisis support, and I think they have a somewhat more conservative approach than me.

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Inside the Psychiatric Hospitals Where Foster Kids Are a “Gold Mine”

Mad in America

As many lawsuits have documented, child welfare agencies across the country rely on locked psychiatric facilities, many of which use punitive disciplinary tactics, to house difficult-to-place kids. The problem transcends Alaska or UHS. These placements disproportionately affect children of color.

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New WHO Guidance Calls for Paradigm Shift in Mental Health Policy

Mad in America

O n March 25, the World Health Organization published a 44-page document, Guidance on Mental Health Policy and Strategic Action Plans , that reflects the ongoing work of global activists who have fought for a paradigm shift in mental health. In our field, rights must come first, she added.