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Psychotherapy and counselling The Wellbeing Foundation does not directly provide psychotherapy, or any other clinical service. To find a psychotherapist in your area, we recommend you use this website: For people in the greater Dublin area, we also recommend the Institute of Psychosocial Medicine, where Dr Michael Corry and Dr Áine Tubridy had their practice. The telephone number is Please do not contact the Foundation for appointments. We do not make appointments on behalf of any provider.
The Wellbeing Foundation presents: Soul Interrupted Soul Interrupted, the film made in 2006 by Jonathan Woods and Dr Michael Corry, is now available for viewing as a series of four video podcasts on our Video podcasts page here. This film explores the experience of several people in their encounters with psychiatry in Ireland, with the mental health services, with medication and psychiatric drugs, with electro-shock therapy, and with the consequences of psychiatric interventions. It covers such areas as forced detention, forced medication and forced administration of electro-shock 'therapy'. A powerful and moving account of what it means to suffer psychosocial distress in Ireland in the 21st century, this film stands as a testament to the human spirit in its determination to withstand abuse of human rights and wrong-headed approaches to healing, and to recover from distress despite all obstacles. Copies of the film are available on DVD for local groups to show in their community. The movie is licensed for use under a Creative Commons code which forbids commercial use or any alteration or editing and requires acknowledgment of The Wellbeing Foundation as source and a link back to our website if it is reproduced on any other site.
Post traumatic stress disorder Trauma refers to the wounding of our will to live, our existential beliefs about the self and the world, our dignity, and sense of security or permanence as an organism. The assault on the psyche is so great that traditional ways of thinking, feeling and behaving are inadequate. Áine Tubridy explores how to deal with PTSD. Read more here ................................................................................. Agood laugh is great for your sense The Psychological Society of Ireland has created a list of 40 Tips for Wellbeing as part of its celebrations of 40 years in existence. We've checked out the list and it's helpful and comprehensive, so we have no problem in recommending it. You can find it for download here. The second tip on the list is 'Have a laugh'. Laughter is indeed a sure way to maintain or recover mental wellbeing, so here's our quick way to raise a laugh — watch this video of a small baby laughing uproariously at a Wii golf game on his Dad's TV. We've always thought there is something inherently funny about golf, and this little guy does too. QUICK LAUGH LINK ................................................................................. Marie Campion on eating distress We have been hearing a lot about eating disorders in the media over the years, but very little about eating distress. What is the difference? Marie Campion of the Marino Therapy Centre explains the differences and their implications in this timely piece. Read more here
Acclaimed US medical journalist Robert Whitaker spent a week in Ireland on a speaking tour. His latest book, Anatomy of an Epidemic, investigates the astonishing rise of mental illness in the developed world.
More than 1,100 people in all attended Robert's lectures while he was here, in Athlone, Cork and Dublin, and he was interviewed on Today With Pat Kenny, by Carl O'Brien in the Irish Times and Jennifer Hough in the Irish Examiner, as well as by several other media outlets througout the country. We have a podcast of Robert's Today with PK appearance here. The big question Robert's new book asks is this: Why has the number of adults and children disabled by mental illness skyrocketed over the past 50 years? Why does this epidemic so closely parallel the growth and dominance of psychiatric drugs as treatment? Robert's book has the answers to these questions and more. While it has not yet been published on this side of the Atlantic, the Wellbeing Foundation has copies available at a reduced price from our sales partner, The Crow's Feather. Just click the link in the ad above.
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Senate vote on ECT leaves power to electro-shock in hands of docs Senator Dan Boyle was forced into a compromise on his Bill to delete Section 59.b of the Mental Health Act 2011 in the Senate on 24 March last. The Boyle/Norris/De Burca Bill on ECT was simple: delete Section 59.b and replace with an ECT clause requiring consent in all cases. Senators Ivana Bacik and Phil Prendergast (Labour Party) gutted this by proposing an alternative Government-driven amendment to keep Section 59.b and merely delete the words "or unwilling" from it. This leaves ultimate power in the hands of the consultant psychiatrist, as the amended section still allows an electric shock to the brain to be given "where the patient is unable to give such consent". As the judgment on whether a patient is capable of giving or refusing consent lies in the hands of the psychiatrist, the psychiatrist need only interpret 'unwillingness' as 'inability' and shock away. Read the Senate debate here Facebook discussions here
Meta-study of ECT concludes 'its use cannot be scientifically justified' A comprehensive review of electroshock therapy (ECT) has concluded that the risk of damage caused by the procedure cannot justify its continued use in medicine. The review of more than 100 previous studies and reports into ECT was carried out by two psychologists, Dr John Read of the University of Auckland and Professor Richard Bentall of the University of Bangor in Wales. The findings, published in the December issue of the international scientific journal Epidemiologia e Psichiatria Sociale, state there is minimal support for the effectiveness of ECT in the treatment of depression or schizophrenia. In addition, it states there is no evidence of any benefits beyond the treatment period. Download Read and Bentall's paper here Launch of critical psychiatry movement ends successful conference The Dr Michael Corry memorial conference on 10 and 11 November in Cork was a resounding success. Over 300 delegates registered for the two-day event and some had to be turned away. The conference was dedicated to the life and work of Dr Michael Corry, who was a keynote speaker at last year’s conference. For our first short reports of the conference and to view photos, go to our Facebook page here News stories from the Irish Examiner can be found here and here.
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mother, his son and daughter, and his extended family. He was truly a great man, a soul survivor who put his all into pushing the radical change that is needed in the psychiatric system and profession here and globally. And he did it with love, originality and wit. May his proud spirit have peace and rest. 
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into many languages and a staunch upholder of the rights of mental health service users
and all those suffering psychological distress.