mental health

The current phase of our mental health campaign is running from June 2009 until June 2011. The campaign will focus on using the human rights framework to demand action from Government. It will campaign for a social approach in response to mental health that is focused on people’s rights, in particular the right to live a full life in the community and the right to choice in treatment.

Overall goal
Mental health is a human rights issue and the Government must make it a political priority.

In The News

Failure in HSE accountability on mental health

The HSE must be called to account for its continuing failure in mental health, said Amnesty International Ireland (AI) and the Irish Mental Health Coalition (IMHC) yesterday.

Take Action

Make mental health a political priority

Neglected and under-funded by successive governments, mental health has been pushed to the bottom of the agenda for too long.

Lobbying

  1. Get involved

    LOBBY NETWORK

    Join our Lobbying Network and become one of hundreds of people across the country who are signed up to take action on mental health ever month. Write a letter, visit you TD, give a talk, do some research or make a phone call.

  2. Lobbying Network Tips, Tools and Training

    WHY LOBBY?
    You may feel disconnected from the political process or that your politicians won’t listen to you. You may think you lack the expertise, knowledge, experience or resources to lobby politicians. But you’re wrong. Every vote matters to politicians, so make them work for it.

    Lobbying can be simple, if you know how. You already possess a unique lobbying strength – your commitment to the issue of mental health. Once you have this, the rest can be learnt.