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Carmichael House,
North Brunswick Street,
Dublin 7
D07 RHA8
Charity Number:
CHY 22471
Registered Charity Number (RCN):
20204770
Contact us:
Tel: (01) 874 8349
Email: [email protected]
Mental Health Commission would like to hear your story about your CAMHS experience. The review is designed for Young People and Parents. Your participation is vital to finding valuable information that will be used in positive ways. Please, below you can find further information for Young People and Adults. The closing date for participating in this review is the 27th of May 2022.
Young People can apply here
Parents can apply here
FOR YOUNG ADULTS
My name is Susan Finnerty, and I am the Inspector of Mental Health Services. My job is to make sure that mental health services are safe, work well and respect peoples’ rights.
This year I am looking at mental health services for Young People, known as CAMHS. I want to see if they are providing a good service which helps and supports Young People.
I would very much like to chat with you and see what CAMHS has been like for you. I am interested in things like: did you have to wait long for an appointment? What was your treatment like while you were seeing people in CAMHS? Did going to CAMHS help you? What was good about CAMHS? What could be better?
There will only be two of us talking to you and it will be on Microsoft Teams or on Zoom, whichever you like. It would be for about 20 minutes, and you can leave any time before that if you want to.
We are talking to a lot of people about CAMHS, and we will write a report about what we find out. The report will probably be ready early next year. We will put the report on our website (mhcirl.ie). This will help the government to improve young peoples’ experience when they go to CAMHS, so it is very important that they hear what Young People have to say about what they want.
If you want to chat to us, nobody reading the report will know you talked to us. We won’t use your name and you do not even have to tell us your name if you don’t want to. Nor will we use any private details you tell us.
Thank you for reading this and if you do want to chat with us, we look forward to meeting you.
Susan
Contact Details
If You are a Young Person wanting to participate in the review please click HERE to complete the form outlining your basic details, and you will be contacted soon to participate in further steps. You can also contact the Mental Health Commission directly via this email [email protected]
FOR PARENTS
My name is Susan Finnerty, and I am the Inspector of Mental Health Services. As part of my role in 2022, I am reviewing the CAMHS services in Ireland.
I would very much like to talk with you about you and your child’s experience of CAMHS. I am interested in things like: did you have to wait long for an appointment? What was your child’s treatment like while in CAMHS? Did going to CAMHS help? Was adequate information provided to you? What was good about CAMHS? What could be better? What changes would you like to see?
We will have the meeting on Microsoft Teams or on Zoom and it would be for about 60 minutes.
We are also talking to young people, other agencies, the HSE and the CAMHS teams but it is very important that the voice of the people who use the services with their child are heard and reflected in the report.
We will be writing write a report about what our findings which will probably be ready early next year. We will publish the report on our website (mhcirl.ie). If you do want to chat to us, nobody reading the report will know you talked to us. We won’t use your name and you do not even have to tell us your name if you don’t want to. Nor will we use any private details you tell us.
Thank you for reading this and if you do want to chat with us, we look forward to meeting you.
Susan
Contact Details
If you are a Parent willing to take part in this review, please click HERE to submit the form with basic details, alternatively you can the Mental Health Commission directly please email [email protected]
ADHD Ireland 11/05/2022
We are very proud to be headline partners alongside UCD, the Institute of Neurodiversity, NUI Maynooth and Neurodiversity Hub to develop and deliver significant conferences focused on equality for everyone within the legal system. This project follows the successful conference in 2020 on Neurodiversity and Higher Education.
The conference will take place on the 19th and 20th of May 2022, talks are scheduled from 9:00 am until 7:00 pm; the registration is free via Eventbrite; a Zoom link will be provided with a reminder email (please check your spam folder).
For more details, talks schedule and registration please click HERE
ADHD Ireland 26/04/2022
ADHD Ireland is working with a major Irish publisher to produce a book on the lived experience of ADULTS with ADHD in Ireland today! For this, we are looking for adults (official or self-diagnosis is fine) to take part in an hour-long Zoom interview with us. We would love to see all ages be part of the book as the entry to be included is 18 years old and does not have a limit, as the aim is to showcase a broad perspective of living with ADHD.
If you are interested in taking part if you were able to fill out the form below.
The deadline is the 30th of April 2022, after t that the forms will be screened and we will start scheduling a zoom interviews which will follow with an email stating the final decision of being included in the book.
Please click HERE to access the form and complete your entry.
ADHD Ireland 20/04/2022
We are thrilled with the decision made to develop the necessary support for Adults with ADHD. Below you can find all information showcasing yesterday’s announcement made by Mary Butler T.D. Minister for Mental Health and Older People.
RTE article about the announcement click HERE
RTE RADIO 1 interview with Mary Butler T.D. listen HERE
The below video was sourced from the Department of Health official Twitter account @roinnslainte
For our current support groups, please visit our EVENT page.
ADHD Ireland 18/04/2022
Neurodiversity Celebration Week is starting on the 21st of March
Our plan for Neurodiversity Celebration Week
21st March IADT Student Talk | internal talk
21st 7 pm / Wicklow Social Democrats – Neurodiversity Allies Panel | Click HERE to find more
22nd March / ADHD Ireland ‘Tourettes in the Classroom’ with Seonaid Anderson | Click HERE to join
23rd March / University of Limerick Student Talk | internal talk
23rd March / ADHD Ireland ‘Emotional Regulation & Healthy Boundaries up to 8 yrs’ with Aisling Murray | Click HERE to join
24th March / Neurodiversity Masterclass series in Partnership with UCD and NUIM | Click HERE to join
24th March / ‘ADHD is the energy for life’ for All Abilities Ireland | Click HERE to join
25th March / ‘Neurodiversity in the Workplace’ for All Abilities Ireland | Click HERE to join
25th March / Malahide Portmarnock Educate Together National School | internal talk
Together with Denise Coleman, we are delighted to present you with a beautiful set of six varieties of meditation. We called the sessions Love Yourself Meditation as we are hoping that our members and not only will take the time to take care of their emotions and mental health. Meditation is an amazing mental exercise that trains attention, self-awareness and focus which allows achieving a mentally clear and emotionally calm and stable state.
Be mindful of yourself and invest in your inner peace with one of our meditations.
Love yourself meditations series. Click on the one which you would like to enjoy today/ tonight.
ADHD Ireland 1st of March 2022
How excited is that?? ADHD Ireland team is smiling and counting days to the 6th of March where we will be joined by the wonderful baker Lizzie to celebrate Women’s Day !! Women and Girls are all welcome to join the fun, bubbly, creative and tasty morning:)
Lizzie has been an inspiration to many with her original and fabulous creation in the Great British Bake Off 2021. While on the programme Lizzie has been so positively open about neurodiversity and has spread encouragement to many people, especially women to embrace their neurodiversity! We could not ask for a better Woman to celebrate Women’s Day this year 🙂
Come and join ADHD Ireland & Lizzie, Sunday morning the 6th of March at 11: 00 am for a great time creating something sweet for your afternoon tea 🙂
Please, click here to register for the event
We decided to start the celebration two days early than the actual Women’s Day which falls on the 8th of March, to make sure the majority will be available to start the celebration with ADHD Ireland and Lizzie.
If you wish to see how Lizzie is doing please check her Instagram and Twitter!
ADHD Ireland February 2022
It’s has been a week of ADHD in the radio wave. Our CEO Ken has been featured on many platforms to outline the concerns of the recent CAMHS situations, plus he voiced concerns and issues which the ADHD community faces in a variety of aspects. Here, you can listen back to the available interviews from this week!
Michael Reade
To listen to the interview click HERE
The Path Kenny Show | Newstalk
Pat Kenny
To listen to the interview click HERE
To listen to the interview click HERE
Live 95 |Limerick FM | Joe Nash Show
Gillian Devlin
To listen to the interview click HERE
The rest of the interviews are coming soon:
ADHD Ireland 09/02/22
Carmichael House,
North Brunswick Street,
Dublin 7
D07 RHA8
Charity Number:
CHY 22471
Registered Charity Number (RCN):
20204770
Tel: (01) 874 8349
Email: [email protected]
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