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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? Several factors may contribute to this resistance: 1.

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Evidence-based safe staffing levels on mental health wards: there’s no such thing

The Mental Elf

The post Evidence-based safe staffing levels on mental health wards: there’s no such thing appeared first on National Elf Service. The relationship between staffing and incidents of violence and aggression on wards is complex.

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Global Psychiatry’s Attempt to Excommunicate the Former UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Health

Mad in America

The UN Office of the High Commissioner on Human Rights declared the work “groundbreaking”: In 2017, the Special Rapporteur issued a ground-breaking report addressing the “global burden of obstacles” in mental health settings and in the field of psychiatry. the biased use of evidence in mental health. (

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

College of Psychiatrists of Ireland

There have been failures to provide fit for purpose governance systems to facilitate CAMHS development in line with the governments mental health policies ( A Vision for Change and Sharing the Vision ). Patients, their families, and the doctors and other healthcare staff who work within CAMHS deserve so much better.

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World Bipolar Day 2025: Breaking the Stigma

Center for Integrative Psychiatry

Bipolar Awareness Month (March) aims to: Promote open discussions about mental health Advocate for better mental health policies Highlight real-life stories of resilience and recovery By continuing the conversation throughout Bipolar Disorder Awareness Month, we ensure that awareness efforts lead to lasting societal change.

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Reimagining Crisis Support: A Conversation with Tina Minkowitz

Mad in America

That is, the legal framework and policies and practices for services and support still need to be created, because it is still very institutional, is what activists there have told me, but there are all these reforms underway.

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College for Behavioral Health Leadership (CBHL) - Untitled Article

College for Behavioral Health Leadership (CBHL)

.” – Holly Salazar, CEO, The College for Behavioral Health leadership A collaboration of mental health and substance use disorder organizations the American Psychiatric Association, the American Psychological Association, the Massachusetts Association for Mental Health, Meadows Mental Health Policy Institute, Mental Health America, the (..)