Mental Health Commission

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Useful Organisations and Agencies

Useful websites listed below are a range of agencies and organisations providing information, services and support in the broad area of health and more specifically in mental health.

You can go directly to a category or organisation by clicking on the links below:

Government Organisations 
Health Service ExecutiveIndependent & State Research Bodies / Organisations
Irish Mental Health ProfessionalsIrish Mental Health Voluntary and Advocacy Organisations
Irish Statutory AgenciesUseful International Sites
Useful Irish SitesUseful Uk Sites

 

GOVERNMENT ORGANISATIONS

Government of Irelandwww.gov.ie
Department of Healthhttp://health.gov.ie
Public Service Informationwww.citizensinformation.ie
  

HEALTH SERVICE EXECUTIVE

Health Service Executivewww.hse.ie
 www.hse.ie/opendisclosure

IRISH MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONALS

An Bord Altranaiswww.nursingboard.ie
Association of Occupational Therapists of Irelandwww.aoti.ie
Irish Association of Social Workerswww.iasw.ie
Irish College of General Practitionerswww.icgp.ie
Irish Nurses Organisationwww.ino.ie
Psychiatric Nurses Association of Irelandwww.pna.ie
The College of Psychiatry of Irelandwww.irishpsychiatry.ie
The Psychological Society of Irelandwww.psihq.ie
  

INDEPENDENT & STATE RESEARCH BODIES /ORGANISATIONS

Health Research Boardwww.hrb.ie
HSE Libraries Onlinewww.hselibrary.ie
Irish Council for Bioethicshttp://www.biotechnologyireland.com
Irish Research Council for the Humanities & Social Scienceswww.irchss.ie
Irish Social Science Data Archivewww.ucd.ie/issda
National Institute for Health SciencesNIFHS
The Economic and Social Research Institutewww.esri.ie
  

IRISH MENTAL HEALTH VOLUNTARY and ADVOCACY ORGANISATIONS

Age & Opportunitywww.olderinireland.ie
Awarewww.aware.ie
Bodywhyswww.bodywhys.ie
GROWwww.grow.ie
Irish Advocacy Networkhttp://irishadvocacynetwork.com
Mental Health Irelandwww.mentalhealthireland.ie
National Federation of Voluntary Bodieswww.fedvol.ie
Patient Advocacy Servicehttps://www.patientadvocacyservice.ie
The Alzheimer Society of Irelandwww.alzheimer.ie
The Irish Association of Suicidologywww.ias.ie
Shinewww.shineonline.ie
  

IRISH STATUTORY AGENCIES

An Garda Siochánawww.garda.ie
Citizens Information Boardwww.citizensinformation.ie
Drug Treatment Centre Boardwww.dtcb.ie/home/default.asp
Equality Authoritywww.equality.ie
Institute of Public Health in Irelandwww.publichealth.ie
Irish Association of Suicidologyhttp://www.ias.ie
Irish Human Rights Commissionwww.ihrc.ie
Law Reform Commissionwww.lawreform.ie
Legal Aid Boardwww.legalaidboard.ie
National Disability Authoritywww.nda.ie
National Office for Suicide Preventionwww.nosp.ie
  

USEFUL INTERNATIONAL SITES

Amnesty International - Irish Branchwww.amnesty.ie
Council of Europewww.coe.int
HOPEwww.hope.be
The Cochrane Collaborationwww.cochrane.org
United Nations - Human Rightshttp://www.un.org/en/sections/priorities/human-rights
World Health Organizationwww.who.int
  

USEFUL IRISH SITES

Healthcomplaints.iehttp://www.healthcomplaints.ie
See Change - The National Mental Health Stigma Reduction Partnershiphttp://www.seechange.ie
The Health Service Reform ProgrammeTHSRP
  

USEFUL UK SITES

Department of Health UKwww.dh.gov.uk
Medical Research Councilwww.mrc.ac.uk
Mental Health Alliancewww.mentalhealthalliance.org.uk
Mental Health Foundationwww.mentalhealth.org.uk
NHS National Library for Healthwww.library.nhs.uk
SANEwww.sane.org.uk
Social Care Onlinewww.scie-socialcareonline.org.uk
The Royal College of Psychiatristswww.rcpsych.ac.uk

 

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