Open AccessTowards a Recovery Orientated Mental Health Service
Author(s) -
Pádraig Ó Féich
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
mental health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2612-2138
DOI - 10.32437/mhgcj.v2i1.46
Subject(s) - irish , mental health , service (business) , mental health service , nursing , health care , public relations , medicine , public health , mental health care , psychology , business , political science , psychiatry , marketing , philosophy , linguistics , law
Background: In 2006, in a policy document entitled a Vision for Change(Department of Health, 2006), Ireland undertook to move towards a modern,recovery orientated public mental health service characterised by holisticcare, individualised care planning, the provision of accessible support,increased involvement of service users in decisions about their treatmentand care and greater continuity of care across the mental health services.More than a decade on, it remained unclear to what extent Irish mentalhealth services had progressed towards the modern, recovery orientatedsystem outlined in A Vision for Change (Department of Health, 2006).