The Irish Institute of Mental Health Nursing annual conference due to take place in the School of Nursing and Midwifery University of Limerick on Thursday May 16th and Friday May 17th 2019 is being re-scheduled to later in the year.
We will notify members of the re-scheduled date and venue as soon as we confirm them.
It is likely that the conference will re-locate to a Dublin based venue
The timetable for the IIMHN/COMMUNE Project Conference in DCU on the 17th and 18th May 2018 has been released.
| 17th May 2018 | |||||||||||
| Morning session
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Chair: Mary Farrelly
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| 09.00 – 09.00
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Registration and Coffee
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| 09.30 – 09.45 | Chair’s Opening Address: Mary Farrelly | ||||||||||
| 09.45 – 11.15
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Keynote: “Singing from the same songsheet? Managing differing perspectives in co-produced mental health nursing education”. Speakers: Brenda Happel and Julia Bocking
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| 11.15 – 11.45
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Coffee
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| 11.45-13.00
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Concurrent sessions – Chairs: Louise Doyle and Imelda Noone
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| 13.00-14.00
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Lunch and poster viewing
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| Afternoon session | Chair: Christina Larkin | ||||||||||
| 14.00-15.00
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“Experiences of co-produced education for Mental Health Nurses”. Speakers: Siobhan Russell, Martha Griffin, Catherine Stanton, Niamh Daly and Liam MacGabhann
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| 15.00-16.00
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49 North Street – Creating/Facilitating Alchemy in the Mental Health Services:
Our ethos is to create a space, a melting pot whereby learning, therapy alongside diversity flourish. It’s about taking risks, building on peoples’ strengths and sharing the load/power which is now seeing a recovery community thrive. The Claddagh Rogues are an example of this and will play live on the day! James O Flynn, Declan McCarthy, Kevin Shanahan, Tony Cotter, Peter Kearney and Susan Mc Menamin |
| 18th May 2018
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COMMUNE Workshop
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| 09.30 – 09.45
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Introduction to the day: Chair: Liam MacGabhann
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| 09.45-10.30
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Keynote: “Doing co-production like it says on the tin” Speakers: Dublin North, North East Recovery College
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| 10.30 – 10.50
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“COMMUNE – Embedding expertise by experience teaching into undergraduate nursing programmes” Speakers: Iceland & Finland
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| 10.50-11.20
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“What Service Users can contribute to mental health teaching on undergraduate nursing programmes” Speakers: Ireland UCC/DCU
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| 11.20-11.50
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Coffee
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| 11.50-12.20
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“Experts by Experience teaching on undergraduate nursing programmes” Speakers: EBE members
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| 12.20-12.50
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“Best Practice Guidelines for Co-Producing Course Content and Teaching on Undergraduate Nursing Programmes” Speakers: Norway & Netherlands |
| 12.50-13.20
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“Impact of experts by experience teaching into undergraduate nursing programmes: international findings” Speakers: Australia
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| 13.20 – 13.30
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Poster prizes close of conference
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| Lunch |
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The Irish Institute of Mental Health Nursing is please to invite abstracts for its 2018 conference which will be held jointly with the COMMUNE (Co-produced Mental Health Nurse Education) project. Conference booking is now open.
The theme of the conference is: ‘Informing mental health nursing practice, education, and research through co production’.
There has been growing interest in co-production in the past decade, particularly in the context of promoting partnerships between governments, services, service users and communities in the commissioning and development of health and community services. A co-production approach sees service users /consumers involved in, or leading, defining the problem, designing and delivering the solution, and evaluating the outcome, either with professionals or independently (Roper, Grey & Cadogan 2018).
Attendance at the conference is free.
Confirmed keynote speakers:
Prof Brenda Happell
Julia Bocking
Abstracts are invited from all groups on areas related to the conference theme. The closing date for abstract submission is 20th April 2018. You can download the abstract submission form here.
The conference is supported by Nursing & Midwifery Planning & Development, Quality & Clinical Care Directorate, Health Service Executive, Dublin North.
The conference will take place May 17th and 18th, 2018, in the:
School of Nursing and Human Sciences
Dublin City University
Collins Avenue Extension
Dublin 9
D09 W6Y4
Ireland
The IIMHN is pleased to announce and support the ‘CRITICAL PERSPECTIVES ON AND BEYOND “CHANGE” IN MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES’ Conference 2017 in UCC, on the 15th AND 16th NOVEMBER 2017. The conference is organised by the School of Applied Social Studies and the Catherine McAuley School of Nursing and Midwifery, University College Cork, in association with the Critical Voices Network Ireland. The conference, now in its 9th year is unique, as it is free for all participants and it involves people from diverse backgrounds (self-experience, survivors, professionals, academics, carers) presenting, discussing and debating critical and creative perspectives on and beyond the dominant bio-medical approach. The 2010 conference saw the launch of the Critical Voices Network Ireland (CVNI), a network of people interested in considering and developing responses to human distress, which are creative, enabling, respectful and firmly grounded in human rights. The conference aims to explore and debate critical perspectives on and beyond:
– What do we understand by ‘better’ mental health services?
– Do we need mental health services at all? If so, what should they look like? If not, what other ways are there?
– The politics of changing mental health services.
Confirmed Keynote Speakers (in alphabetical order):
Concurrent Sessions: there will be workshops and oral presentations, related to the conference theme.
Call for Oral Presentations/Workshops (45 minutes’ duration) extended to 29 September: Submit an abstract (in Word – 250 words max) related to the conference theme, outlining its aims and intentions and a brief bio (in Word – 150 words max). Email abstract and bio to l.sapouna@ucc.ie.
Full programme: Full details will be available in mid October on http://www.ucc.ie/en/nursingmidwifery/news/ and http://www.ucc.ie/en/appsoc/resconf/conf/. Check http://www.uccconferencing.ie/walking-distance/ for accommodation. To get to Brookfield (UCC) check http://www.ucc.ie/en/visitors/getting-here/ Parking facilities are limited around UCC. Try car park next to Kingsley Hotel, Victoria Cross (10 walk from venue via footbridge behind Western Gateway Building on Western Road). Coffees and lunches not included. There are restaurants and cafes in and around the conference venue.
REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN
Venue: Brookfield Health Sciences Complex, University College Cork, Ireland.
Booking: Email Harry Gijbels h.gijbels@ucc.ie and make sure you give your name, and indicate the day(s) you wish to attend (either Wednesday 15 November, Thursday 16 November, or both days). Booking will be confirmed by return email. Please bring the booking confirmation slip with you to the conference registration desk on the day(s) you are attending.
The Conference organisers are Lydia Sapouna, School of Applied Social Studies and Harry Gijbels (retired), Catherine McAuley School of Nursing and Midwifery, University College Cork, Ireland.
Irish Institute of Mental Health Nursing Conference 2017 will take place on May 18th and 19th 2017 in the School of Nursing, Midwifery and Health Systems, UCD. The theme this year is “Collaborative Relationships-Challenges/Opportunities for Mental Health Nursing”.
Confirmed keynote speakers are Eithne Cusack, Rufus May, Elisabeth Svanholmer, Rory Doody, Francis Walsh, Margaret Duggan and Adrienne Adams. The conference will also feature the return of the Hypothetical Debate and the Launch of the IIMHN Position Paper on Trauma Informed Care.
Abstracts are invited from all groups on areas related to the conference theme. The closing date for abstract submission is 13th April 2017. Guidelines for abstracts for concurrent papers and posters are here and the requirements for poster presentations are here. Mental Health Nursing students are especially welcome and there will be a student competition category for posters on the day.
The conference is supported by Nursing & Midwifery Planning & Development, Quality & Clinical Care Directorate, Health Service Executive, Dublin North.
Conference registration is closed
| 18th May 2017 | Thursday |
| Morning session | |
| 08.30 – 09.30 | Registration and Coffee |
| 09.30 – 09.45 | Opening Address: Dr Mary Farrelly Chair IIMHN |
| 09.45 – 10.30 | Keynote: Elizabeth Svanholmer and Rufus May |
| 10.30 – 11.15 | Keynote: Eithne Cusack
Collaborative Relationships – The importance of Corporate Collaboration and influence for Mental Health Nursing |
| 11.15 – 11.45 | Coffee |
| 11.45-13.00 | Session Papers |
| 13.00-14.00 | Lunch and poster viewing |
| Afternoon session | |
| 14.00-15.00 | Keynote: Adrienne Adams |
| 15.00-16.00 | Collaborative Relations Workshop |
| 19th May 2017 | Friday |
| Morning session | |
| 08.30 – 09.30 | Registration and Coffee |
| 09.30 – 11.15 | Collaborative Relations: Hypothetical Debate |
| 11.15-11.45 | Coffee |
| 10.30 – 11.15 | Keynote: Francis Walsh |
| 11.45 – 12.30 | Keynote: Rory Doody and Margaret Duggan |
| 12.30 – 13.15 | Launch of IIMHN Position Paper on Trauma Informed Care |
| 13.15-14.00 | Poster prizes and close of conference |
Over the past number of years, the IIMHN has supported the development of psychological and social approaches to psychosis facilitating Hearing Voices workshops, Maastricht Interview training and workshops delivered in conjunction the Paranoia Network, UK. Members may also be interested in the work of the International Society for Psychological and Social Approaches to Psychosis (ISPS) who will hold their next international congress in 2017 in Liverpool.
The 2017 conference in Liverpool, is open to all disciplines in mental health and to service users and carers. ISPS conferences have an outstanding reputation for vibrancy, conviviality, breadth of presentations and social events. You may also be interested in submitting a paper to the conference.
Submissions: Submit a paper, poster, symposium or workshop before December 1st. Please go to www.isps2017uk.org
Registration: We anticipate a full house, so why not make an early bird registration. Please go to www.isps2017uk.org
The 20th International Congress of International Society for the Psychological treatments of the Schizophrenias and Other Psychosis (ISPS) 2017 will take place in Liverpool, UK between the 30-08-2017 and 03-09-2017. See www.isps2017uk.org
The IIMHN Conference 2016 will take place on May 19th and 20th, 2016 in the School of Nursing & Human Sciences, Dublin City University. The conference theme for 2016 is “Trauma informed mental health nursing practice”.
Attendance at the conference is free. The link to the registration page is here. If you are not already member, you will be prompted to register on the site. You will then be able to register for the conference.
The keynote speakers will be:
Prof John Read: After working for nearly 20 years as a clinical psychologist and manager of mental health services in the UK and the USA in February 2015, John Read took up the post of Professor of Clinical Psychology at Swinburne University of Technology in Melbourne. He has published over 100 papers in research journals, primarily on the relationship between adverse life events and psychosis. He also researches the negative effects of bio-genetic causal explanations on prejudice, and the role of the pharmaceutical industry in mental health. John is on the Executive Committee of the International Society for Psychological and Social Approaches to Psychosis and editor of the ISPS’s scientific journal “Psychosis.”
Peter Bullimore: Peter joins us from England, where he operates his own training/consultant agency, Asylum Associates. Peter is the founding member of the Paranoia Network. He also holds a teaching and research post at Manchester University and is a published author on issues of voices and trauma.
Chris Tandy: Chris Tandy is a qualified mental health nurse and has worked for many years alongside people who experience psychosis within community settings. He currently works as an Education and Practice Consultant with the training team at the Institute of Mental Health in Nottingham. Chris has specific interest in recovery orientated practice and social inclusion approaches, and he delivers joint training initiatives and helps to facilitate the Sheffield Hearing Voices group.
Abstracts are invited from all groups on areas related to the conference theme. The closing date for abstract submission is 22nd April 2016. Guidelines for abstracts for concurrent papers and posters are here and the requirements for poster presentations are here. Mental Health Nursing students are especially welcome and there will be a student competition category for posters on the day. Conference registration will close on Sunday 1st May 2016. You can download the abstract submission form here.
The conference is supported by Nursing & Midwifery Planning & Development, Quality & Clinical Care Directorate, Health Service Executive, Dublin North.
The conference will take place in the:
School of Nursing and Human Sciences
Dublin City University
Collins Avenue Extension
Dublin 9
D09 W6Y4
Ireland
IIMHN Conference Timetable 2016
The IIMHN/ENTER Conference 2015 is organised jointly between the European Network for Training, Evaluation and Research (ENTER) in Mental Health (www.entermentalhealth.net) and the Irish Institute of Mental Health Nursing. The Conference will take place on June 4th and 5th, 2015 in the School of Nursing and Midwifery, Trinity College Dublin. The symposium title is “Transforming Mental Health Services: Current trends across Europe”. Within this title a number of themes will be encompassed:
The keynote speakers will be:
Ms. Jacqui Dillon: Jacqui Dillon is a writer, campaigner, international speaker and trainer. She has personal and professional experience, awareness and skills in working with trauma and abuse, dissociation, ‘psychosis’, hearing voices, healing and recovery. Jacqui has lectured and published worldwide. She is a skilled facilitator in complex learning environments and has a track record of creating and sustaining user centred initiatives and of affecting change at all levels. Jacqui is also a voice hearer and CEO of the Hearing Voices Network in England.
Dr Pat Bracken: Pat Bracken is a Consultant Psychiatrist and Clinical Director of Mental Health Services in West Cork, Ireland. He is former Professor of Philosophy, Diversity and Mental Health at the University of Central Lancashire in the UK.
Professor Agnes Higgins: Agnes Higgins is Professor in Mental Health Nursing at the School of Nursing and Midwifery, Trinity College Dublin. She has made significant contributions to strategic policy development on mental health at national/European levels. Her work has been influential in both policy and practice in mental health through involvement in national strategic research, policy and education working groups set up by Department of Health, Health Service Executive, and Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland. She is a founding member and Chair of the Irish Institute of Mental Health Nursing.
Abstract submission for the conference is closed. Conference registration will close on Sunday 17th May 2015.
Mental Health Nursing students will also be welcome and there will be a student competition category for posters on the day.
Attendance at the conference is free. The conference is supported by Nursing & Midwifery Planning & Development, Quality & Clinical Care Directorate, Health Service Executive, Dublin North.
The conference will take place in the:
School of Nursing and Midwifery
Trinity College Dublin
24 D’Olier Street
Dublin
Ireland
