IASW/NIASW Adult Mental Health Conference

The Irish Association of Social Workers (IASW) and the NI Association of Social Workers (NIASW) held a joint conference on Adult Mental Health on 12 October 2011. The presentations given at the conference have now been made available to download.

Mental Health Service Users & Carers as Researchers: Reflections on a Qualitative Study of Citizens’ Experiences of Compulsory Mental Health Laws

Getting into the Recovery Position; Listening to and working with the psychiatric ‘voices’ we can and cannot hear

Women with Mental Health Issues in the Criminal Justice System in Northern Ireland – A Misunderstood & Victimised Group

The Experience of being a Parent for Mothers with Mental Health Problems

Applying the Recovery Approach to the Interface between Mental Health and Child Protection Social Work

Human Rights and Mental Health in a Family Context

Carers – the Changed Context

The Human Rights of Parents with a Diagnosed Mental Illness: Lessons from the European Court of Human Rights

Human Rights and Mental Health in a Family Context – The Challenge for Social Workers