“Current understandings of psychosis with emphasis on psychotic symptoms”: MASTERCLASS WITH PROFESSOR RICHARD BENTALL – 21st November 2017

The School of Nursing and Midwifery will be hosting a MASTERCLASS WITH PROFESSOR RICHARD BENTALL, PROFESSOR OF CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY, UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD on “Current understandings of psychosis with emphasis on psychotic symptoms”.  

Professor Richard Bentall is a psychologist and researcher. He is the author of “Madness explained: Psychosis and human nature” . He has studied the cognitive and emotional mechanisms involved in psychotic symptoms such as hallucinations, paranoid delusions and manic states. Most recently, his research has focused on why social risk factors provoke the cognitive and emotional changes that lead to these symptoms.
Date: Tuesday, November 21st, 2017
Time: 1 pm – 4pm,

Venue: School of Nursing and Midwifery, Trinity College Dublin, 24 D’Olier Street, Dublin 2

Places will be limited, to book a place contact: monahanm@tcd.ie

http://www.nursing-midwifery.tcd.ie/

Supporting young people in distress: Dublin workshops – 13th – 15th December 2017 Applications Closed!

The Irish Institute of Mental Health Nursing are offering a series of free 1-day workshops in Dubiln on supporting young people in distress.  The workshops are funded by the Nursing and Midwifery Planning Development Unit, Health Services Executive – North.  They will be facilitated by Rai Waddingham, an international trainer that combines personal and professional expertise, these interactive workshops will provide you with a fresh understanding of young people in distress and equip them with essential skills to enhance their practice.  The workshops will take place on: 
• 13 December: Working with Young People who Self-Harm
• 14 December: Supporting Young People who have Distressing Beliefs & Paranoia
• 15 December: Talking with Young People about the Voices they Hear

Time: 10.00am – 4.30pm

Venue: School of Nursing and Midwifery, Trinity College Dublin, 24 D’Olier Street, Dublin 2

These workshops are open to anyone interested in developing peer support groups for young people, including: nurses, OTs, social workers, psychiatrists, peer support workers, youth workers, counsellors, therapists mentors, CAMHS/EIS and substance misuse workers. However, applications from nurses prioritised.

To book a place place, please contact Mark Monahan at monahanm@tcd.ie

You can download a copy of the application form here: 2017 Dublin Youth Workshops form2

Facilitating peer support groups for young people: 18th & 19th December 2017 – Applications Closed!

The IIMHN is pleased to announce a 2 day workshop on facilitating peer support groups for young people to be delivered by Rachel Waddingham.  The workshops are funded by the Nursing and Midwifery Planning Development Unit, Health Services Executive – North.  This 2 day course will provide participants with the understanding, skills and confidence necessary to launch, facilitate and sustain a peer support group for young people in distress. The contents of the workshop includes:
• Understanding youth peer support, its history and practice
• Strategies to enhance participation and involvement
• Exploring examples of a range of peer support groups, suited to different topics and settings
• Planning and promoting peer support groups in your setting (suited for different age groups & issues)
• Launching groups, and managing common initial challenges
• Navigating your role as an adult facilitator with/without lived experience
• Skills for facilitating groups at different stages of development
• Dealing with difficult issues and managing safety within a peer support group context

Date: 18 & 19 December 2017

Time: 10.00am – 4.30pm

Venue: School of Nursing and Midwifery, Trinity College Dublin, 24 D’Olier Street, Dublin 2

These workshops are open to anyone interested in developing peer support groups for young people, including: nurses, OTs, social workers, psychiatrists, peer support workers, youth workers, counsellors, therapists mentors, CAMHS/EIS and substance misuse workers. However, applications from nurses prioritised.

To book a place place, please contact Mark Monahan at monahanm@tcd.ie

You can download a copy of the application form here 2017 Dublin Youth Facilitation_form

IIMHN AGM 2017: Agenda Items Request

The IIMHN has issued a call to all members for agenda items for the Annual General Meeting, which will take place on Wednesday 11th October at 2pm.  Venue: School of Nursing and Midwifery, Trinity College Dublin, 24 D’Olier Street Dublin 2, Room 1.29.  Items for inclusion should be sent to secretary@iimhn.ie for  4th October 2017. New Members are welcome.

IIMHN Annual General Meeting: 11th October 2017, 2pm

Dear Members

Please note that the IIMHN AGM 2017 has been rescheduled for Wednesday 11th October at 2pm.  Venue: School of Nursing and Midwifery, Trinity College Dublin, 24 D’Olier Street Dublin 2, Room 1.29.

‘CRITICAL PERSPECTIVES ON AND BEYOND “CHANGE” IN MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES’ Conference 2017

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):

  • Oor Mad History: a group of people with lived experience/mad identified, mad positive academics and mental health advocacy workers from Edinburgh, Scotland, interested in the newly emerging field of “Mad Studies”.
  • Jim van Os: Professor of Psychiatry at Utrecht Medical Centre (UMC), The Netherlands, interested and active in mental health care reform.
  • Diana Rose: Mental health service user throughout her adult life and now Professor of User-Led Research at King’s College London, researching mental health services from the perspective of those with mental distress who use such services.
  • Jolijn Santegoeds: Service user/survivor of psychiatry, and founder of a protest group in the Netherlands called “Rage against Isolation!”.
  • Paul Doherty: CEO at Slí Eile, which supports people to develop a strong foundation for mental health recovery by harnessing the power of intentional residential community, collective enterprise and discovery-based life-planning.
  • Jay Watts: consultant clinical psychologist, psychotherapist and activist, who has written widely about neoliberalism and the politics around mental health.

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.    

IIMHN Announces Workshops for August 2017

The IIMHN is pleased to announce workshops on working with paranoid delivered by Peter Bullimore and Shaun Hunt.

The Maastricht Interview for Voice Hearing

A Two Day Workshop

Facilitators: Peter Bullimore & Shaun Hunt

28th & 29th August 2017

School of Nursing and Human Sciences

Dublin City University

Glasnevin, Dublin 11

Funded by the Nursing and Midwifery Planning Development Unit, Health Service Executive – North

Organised by the Irish Institute of Mental Health Nursing in association with Dublin City University

 

WORKING THROUGH PARANOIA AND MAKING SENSE OF UNUSUAL BELIEFS

Facilitator: Peter Bullimore & Shaun Hunt

30th August 2017

School of Nursing and Human Sciences

Dublin City University

Glasnevin, Dublin 11

Funded by the Nursing and Midwifery Planning Development Unit, Health Service Executive – North

Organised by the Irish Institute of Mental Health Nursing in association with Dublin City University

To arrange a place contact:

Dr Mary Farrelly
School of Nursing and Human Sciences, Dublin City University
Phone: 7007913
Email: mary.farrelly@dcu.ie

Irish Institute of Mental Health Nursing launches position paper on Trauma Informed Practice

The IIMHN have launched a position paper on Trauma Informed Practice at the IIMHN Annual Conference on 18th/19th May 2017 “Collaborative Relationships-Challenges/Opportunities for Mental Health Nursing”, which identifies core internationally accepted principles by which nurses can easily, within their scope of practice and organisational responsibilities engage in trauma informed practice:
‘In light of contemporary evidence we can expect that the majority of people using mental health services do so in part because of unresolved trauma. Therefore it is incumbent upon mental health nurses to take a ‘Trauma Informed Practice’ approach to their interactions with service users’.

IIMHN Position Paper Trauma

New book on Hearing Voices – “Can’t You Hear Them?”

Simon McCarthy-Jones has just had a new book published on hearing voices entitled “Cant you Hear Them”. It is fairly focused on the role of trauma, the alternative understandings and support provided by the HVM, and includes stories from people such as Pete Bullimore, which are important for the public hear.  Amazon in its description of the book describes how the “…experience of ‘hearing voices’, once associated with lofty prophetic communications, has fallen low. Today, the experience is typically portrayed as an unambiguous harbinger of madness caused by a broken brain, an unbalanced mind, biology gone wild. Yet an alternative account, forged predominantly by people who hear voices themselves, argues that hearing voices is an understandable response to traumatic life-events. There is an urgent need to overcome the tensions between these two ways of understanding ‘voice hearing’.”  The book considers neuroscience, genetics, religion, history, politics and the experiences of voice hearers themselves. It challenge established and seemingly contradictory understandings and tries to create a joined-up explanation of voice hearing based on evidence rather than ideology.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Cant-Hear-Them-Simon-McCarthy-Jones/dp/1785922564/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1490713249&sr=8-1

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