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News from: headline for Jul, 2009

  1. July 31, 2009

    Woman wins fight to clarify law on assisted suicide in UK

    Woman wins fight to clarify law on assisted suicide in UK

    DEBBIE PURDY won a landmark appeal to the highest court in Britain yesterday in her battle to clarify the law ... read more

  2. July 27, 2009

    Increase in self-harm may be linked to downturn

    Increase in self-harm may be linked to downturn

    CARL O'BRIEN, Social Affairs Correspondent

    A SIGNIFICANT increase in the rate of deliberate self-harm among young men may be linked to the ... read more

  3. July 24, 2009

    Midland Mental Health Services launch portfolio of assessment tools

    Midland Mental Health Services launch portfolio of assessment tools



    Mental Health Assessment Tools committee members pictured with Local Health Manager Laois/Offaly ... <a href=read more
  4. July 24, 2009

    Decision due on plans for St Ita's

    Decision due on plans for St Ita's

    THORNTON HALL RULED OUT FOR UNITS


    St ... read more

  5. July 22, 2009

    Guidelines on reporting of suicide breached

    Guidelines on reporting of suicide breached

    RUADHÁN MAC CORMAIC

    MEDIA COVERAGE of the Monageer inquiry report earlier this year showed “significant breaches” of reporting guidelines on suicide, a forum hosted ... read more

  6. July 17, 2009

    Call for new inquiry into psychiatric care

    Call for new inquiry into psychiatric care

    CARL O'BRIEN, Social Affairs Correspondent

    FAMILIES WHO say their relatives were mistreated in the mental health system have urged the Government ... read more

  7. July 17, 2009

    It would not be tolerated in the rest of society...

    It would not be tolerated in the rest of society...
    At a time when so much is focused on purging the sins of the past, the present state of ... read more
  8. July 13, 2009

    Strict drug regulation blamed for deaths of schizophrenic patients

    EXCESSIVE caution by drug regulators has contributed to the deaths of thousands of patients with severe mental illness, doctors say. Patients with schizophrenia have been condemned to second-rate treatments, often ... read more

  9. July 8, 2009

    Schizophrenia genes identified

    Schizophrenia genes identified

    Published Date: 03 July 2009
    Scientists have unlocked "the secrets of schizophrenia", according to The Independent. The newspaper says that research ... read more
  10. July 8, 2009

    New addiction service at St Pat's

    New addiction service at St Pat's

    An enhanced addictions and mental health service at St Patrick’s Hospital was launched last week — designed to ... read more

 
 
 
 
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