Columbine… Lessons learned – Frank DeAngelis in conversation with Jigsaw’s Tony Bates

Jigsaw (The National Centre for Youth Mental Health) are running an event  on the 14th September 2016 in the Mansion House.   

The event features Frank DeAngelis, the former principal of Columbine High School in conversation with Jigsaw’s Dr Tony Bates.  After 35 years as an educator Frank has many lessons for parents and anyone concerned about or working with young people. In a wide-ranging talk he will cover topics such as:
– The importance of being present and staying involved as parents, even when adolescents tell us we’re not needed
– Staying in touch with the role of social media in young people’s lives
– How to spot a young person in distress
– The role of self-care for those working on behalf of young people
Tickets are €25 and can be booked online through Eventbrite.com and all funds raised will support Jigsaw’s work with young people’s mental health in Ireland. For additional details click here.

#IIMHNTraumaConf2016: 19th & 20th May 2016 – Keynote presentations uploaded!

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

Geoff Brennan: The Irish Masterclass

John Read

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

 

#IIMHNTraumaConf2016 Pictures: 19th & 20th May 2016

Break the Silence – Young people who hear voices, their families & supporters: 28th April 2016

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.Rai

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

IIMHN announces Workshop Programme for 2016 (Hearing Voices, Paranoia, Trauma, Dissociation and Voice Dialogue)

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.

Hearing Voices

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.

Trauma and Dissociation

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.

Paranoia Workshops

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.

Schedule for Hearing Voices related workshops for 2016

Hearing Voices Group Facilitation (3-Day Workshop)

Jacqui DillonFacilitator: Jacqui Dillon

 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

Hearing Voices Advanced Facilitation (1-Day workshop)

Jacqui DillonFacilitator: Jacqui Dillon

 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
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

Hearing Voices Group Facilitation – Young people (2-Day Workshop)

Rachel WaddinghamFacilitator: Rachel Waddingham

 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

Trauma and Dissociation (2-Day Workshop)

Jacqui DillonFacilitator: Jacqui Dillon

 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

Tel: 091 492832
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

 

Working with Paranoia (2-Day Workshop)

MKM28216Facilitator:    Peter Bullimore

 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

Voice Dialogue (2-Day Workshop)

Facilitators: Elisabeth Svanholmer & Rufus May

 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

 

IIMHN Member to receive International Human Rights and Nursing Award

HarryThe 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!

NMBI launch new ‘Standards and Requirements for Nursing’ education

The Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland (NMBI), launched two new Standards and Requirements Document to support the education of nurses and midwives in Ireland on Tuesday 09.02.2016.  The revised Standards and Requirements are designed to support the continuous development of professional undergraduate education programmes in Ireland.  You can download the nursing document from here.
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IIMHN Conference 2016

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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

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