Dear Members
Please note that the IIMHN AGM will take place:
Date: 21st September 2016
Time: 16.00 hrs
Venue: Room 1.29, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Trinity College Dublin, 24 D’Olier Street, Dublin 2
Following on from the successful IIMHN conference on Trauma Informed Care in May, we are pleased to post the presentations from our keynote speakers, Prof John Read, Mr Peter Bullimore, Mr Chris Tandy and Mr Geoff Brennan.
Geoff Brennan: The Irish Masterclass
John Read: TRAUMA AND MENTAL HEALTH PROBLEMS: A Research Update
Pete Bullimore: Identifying the trauma to make sense of paranoia
Chris Tandy: From Curriculum to Practice: Working through Mental Health Trauma
1 in 12 young people hear voices. One of the great problems is that nobody talks about it. To help open a dialogue, the Irish Institute of Mental Health Nursing, in conjunction with the UCD School of Nursing, Midwifery & Health Systems are holding an evening for young people who hear voices, their families & supporters. The evening will offer people an opportunity to meet other young people who hear voices or see visions. People can find out how people can learn to cope with difficult voices and visions, and hear from people who have recovered.
The evening offers an opportunity to challenge the stigma around voices and visions – the time has come to break the taboo!
Attendees will be able to take part in creative activities – and learn more about the Voice Collective project in the UK and tell us what extra support is needed over here.
Parents, family members, friends & youth workers are welcome at this event. Come along and you’ll have the chance to share your experiences, gain support and pick up some new tips or ideas.
The evening will be facilitated by Rai Waddingham who set up an innovative project supporting young people who hear voices/see visions, and their families. Rai has personal experience of hearing voices and seeing visions since her youth, but now has found ways of dealing with them.
Date: 28th April 2016
Time: 6.00 – 7.30 pm
Venue: UCD School of Nursing, Midwifery & Health Systems, University College Dublin
MORE INFORMATION, OR TO BOOK YOUR PLACE, CONTACT: Ann Sheridan,
Email: ann.sheridan@ucd.ie | Phone: 01 7166427
For more information click here
The IIMHN is pleased to announce its programme for practice development for 2016 in association with the Office of Nursing and Midwifery Services Development. This year we plan to offer an even wider range of workshops, and in addition to our developments on hearing voices for both adults and younger people, we are pleased to add new workshops on working with paranoia, trauma and dissociation and voice dialogue. The workshops will be facilitated by Jacqui Dillon, Peter Bullimore, Rachel Waddingham, Elisabeth Svanholmer & Rufus May, who are leaders in these areas.
The workshops will be held nationwide with the support of the Schools of Nursing in DCU, UCD, TCD, UCC and NUIG. These workshops will encompass novice, intermediate and advanced level techniques in facilitation of the processes involved. To book a place on one of these workshops please email or phone the designated contact person for the workshop in the list below.
This year in addition to the workshops delivered previously by Jacqui Dillon in voices awareness training, hearing voices group facilitation and advanced facilitation techniques,the IIIHN is pleased to welcome Elisabeth Svanholmer & Rufus May who will deliver workshops in Dublin, Cork and Galway on voice dialogue. We are also pleased to welcome back Rachel Waddingham who once again will deliver a series of workshops on working with younger people who hear voices.
In a new development and following emerging trends in mental health, Jacqui Dillon will deliver a series of workshops on trauma and dissociation. these workshops will deal with the areas of responsiveness and awareness for supporting survivors of trauma and abuse and seek to increase knowledge of working therapeutically with dissociative experiences and use of the DES-II. It is hoped that the series of workshops will lead to the development of a greater understanding of the clinical relevance of dissociation and help participants increase their awareness of effective short and long-term strategies for reducing distress and gaining control.
Following on from the success of the hearing voices workshops this year the IIMHN are embarking on a series of workshops on working with paranoia, delivered by Peter Bullimore founder of the Paranoia Network UK. these workshops will be delivered in NUIG, TCD and UCC.
Hearing Voices Group Facilitation (3-Day Workshop) |
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20th, 21st & 22nd September 2016 | Venue: School of Nursing and Midwifery NUIG | Contact: Siobhan Smyth at Siobhan.smyth@nuigalway.ie
Tel: 091 492832 |
| 10th, 11th & 12th October 2016 | Venue: School of Nursing & Human Sciences, Dublin City University | Fully Booked | |
| 5th, 6th & 7th December 2016 | Venue: Room 1.21, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Brookfield Health Sciences Building, University College Cork |
Contact: Harry Gijbels at h.gijbels@ucc.ie Tel: 021 4901551 |
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Hearing Voices Advanced Facilitation (1-Day workshop) |
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23rd September 2016 | Venue: School of Nursing and Midwifery NUIG | Contact: Siobhan Smyth at Siobhan.smyth@nuigalway.ie
Tel: 091 492832 |
| 13th October 2016 | Venue: School of Nursing & Human Sciences, Dublin City University | Contact: Mary Farrelly at mary.farrelly@dcu.ie
Tel: 01 7007913 |
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| 11th November 2016 | Venue: Room 1.21, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Brookfield Health Sciences Building, University College Cork | Contact: Harry Gijbels at h.gijbels@ucc.ie
Tel: 021 4901551 |
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Hearing Voices Group Facilitation – Young people (2-Day Workshop) |
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28th & 29th April 2016 | Venue: UCD School Of Nursing, Midwifery & Health Systems, Health Sciences Centre, University College Dublin | Closed |
| 2nd & 3rd June 2016 | Venue: Education Centre, Merlin Park Hospital, Galway | Closed | |
| 9th & 10th June 2016 | Venue: Room 1.21, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Brookfield Health Sciences Building, University College Cork | Contact: Harry Gijbels at h.gijbels@ucc.ie
Tel: 021 4901551 |
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Trauma and Dissociation (2-Day Workshop) |
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4th & 5th April 2016 | Venue: School of Nursing and Midwifery, Trinity College Dublin, 24 D’Olier Street, Dublin 2 | Closed |
| 19th & 20th April 2016 | Venue: Education Centre, Merlin Park Hospital, Galway | Contact: Siobhan Smyth at Siobhan.smyth@nuigalway.ie
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| 28th & 29th June 2016 | Venue: Room 1.21, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Brookfield Health Sciences Building, University College Cork |
Contact: Harry Gijbels at h.gijbels@ucc.ie Tel: 021 4901551
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Working with Paranoia (2-Day Workshop) |
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28th & 29th June 2016 | Venue: School of Nursing and Midwifery NUIG |
Contact: Siobhan Smyth at Siobhan.smyth@nuigalway.ie Tel: 091 492832 |
| 5th & 6th September 2016 | Venue: School of Nursing and Midwifery, Trinity College Dublin, 24 D’Olier Street, Dublin 2 | Fully Booked | |
| 19th & 20th October 2016 | Venue: Room 1.21, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Brookfield Health Sciences Building, University College Cork | Contact: Harry Gijbels at h.gijbels@ucc.ie
Tel: 021 4901551 |
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Voice Dialogue (2-Day Workshop) |
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6th and 7th October 2016 | Venue: Room 1.21, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Brookfield Health Sciences Building, University College Cork | Contact: Harry Gijbels at h.gijbels@ucc.ie
Tel: 021 4901551 |
| 22nd & 23rd September 2016 | Venue: School of Nursing & Human Sciences, Dublin City University | Fully Booked | |
| 26th & 27th September 2016 | Venue: School of Nursing and Midwifery NUIG |
Contact: Siobhan Smyth at Siobhan.smyth@nuigalway.ie Tel: 091 492832 |
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The IIMHN would like to congratulate Dr Harry Gijbels of UCC on being nominated by the International Care Ethics (ICE) Observatory at the University of Surrey UK, to receive one of the two Human Rights and Nursing Awards given by the ICE Observatory every year. Harry will receive this Award at the ICE Observatory conference at the University of Sao Paulo, Ribeirao Preto, Brazil, on 14-15 September 2016. We are very proud to see the recognition of Harry’s work in this way; as a founder member of the Institute, in his work developing Hearing Voices Network Ireland and the Critical Voices Network Ireland, Harry has given an example for mental health nurses to aspire.
Well done Harry!
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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 Children’s Mental Health Coalition has been invited by the Oireachtas Cross Party Group on Mental Health to present before members of the Oireachtas today Wednesday 18th November at 2.30pm, in the AV Room, LH2000, Leinster House. The presentation will be televised live and to view all broadcasting options you can click on the following link at: http://www.oireachtas.ie/parliament/watchlisten/
**Update: Please note this meeting will now begin at 11.30am**
Notice is given to all members that an Extraordinary General Meeting of IIMHN membership will take place on Monday 7th December 2015 in the School of Nursing and Midwifery, Trinity College Dublin. The meeting will be held to consider amendments to the IIMHN constitution and a resolution motion. The proposed changes are available on the links below.
IIMHN Constitution 17-6-09 amended December 2015
EGM IIMHN proposed resolutions December 2015
Facilitator: Peter Bullimore