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dangers of acolhol

 this article highlights the dangers of alcohol which can be more dangerous to the people who might have mental health problems than heroin or cocaine

http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/health/2010/1102/1224282478657.html

Overuse of seclusion in mental health

This article describes findings by the Mental Health Commission that too much seclusion is used in Irish Psychiatric Facilities 

http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2011/0129/1224288527354.html

Human rights abuses

 Government cuts are leading to human rights abuses

http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2011/0201/1224288694667.html

suicides of children

 Two children committed suicide within days of each other. Some people think the troubles in the north may be to blame.

http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2011/0201/1224288694906.html

slow progress

This article highlights the lack of progess made in the whole department of mental health by the outgoing governmnent.

http://www.rte.ie/news/2011/0126/mental_health.html

People's mental during the recession

 This article is about people's mental health during the recession.

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Public service jobs

A British charity sugests that some public service jobs should be reserved for people who have suffered from mental illness. 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-12376719

A cure worse than the illness

Medication for those suffering with mental illness is okay for a short time but should not be continously used over a long period without monitoring?

http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/health/2011/0222/1224290501283.html

Impact of psychiatric drugs

 This is a responce to an earlier downloading from the head of psychiatry about the impact of psychiatic drugs.

http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/letters/2011/0225/1224290841411.html

Why banning ECT would be a big mistake

 One commentator says ECT should not be banned comepletely.

http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/health/2011/0222/1224290506447.html

Consent and ECT

 Some psyschiyatrists want to change the mental health act.

http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/letters/2011/0225/1224290841439.html

Inspection Reports on Mental Hospitals

There has been some calls for  units to be be closed. 

http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2011/0312/1224291980879.html

Suicide rates increase

 Suicide rates have never been so high according to Michael O'Regan who was quoting the new Minister of health Kathleen lynch.

http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2011/0408/1224294223554.html

Man with behavioral problems is not mentally ill

Even though he is not mentally ill he has been committed to the central mental hospital because no other hospital would accept him though he has comitted no crime.

http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2011/0411/1224294389404.html

Ruairi McKiernan talks about mental health

The first question we asked Ruairi was why did you start SpunOut.ie.He says it started in my bedroom in Ballyshannon in rural Donegal in 2004. He says he had been an activist with ambitions to change the world.

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Spun Out

concentrate on cure rather than on illness

James Reilly is to give a lecture today on this .

http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2011/0613/1224298811335.html

The Danish Coalition

Quarter of people still think depression a 'state of mind'

Mental illness is still a stigma for most people

http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2011/0707/1224300211222.html

Directorate to overhaul mental health services

A Directorate of mental health services with executive and budgetary powers.

http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2011/0707/1224300211210.html

Quarter of people still think depression a 'state of mind'

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