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Mental Health Trialogue Network Ireland
- launch of GENIO-funded report
The Mental Health Trialogue Network Ireland today launched their report, 'Transforming Dialogue in Mental Health Communities'. The report was funded by the GENIO Trust.
One of they key aims of the Trialogue network is to develop community leaders in the area of mental health who will use the Trialogue process. This new approach to mental health aims to strengthen the voice of people with mental health problems and their families. It hopes to provide a focus for developing awareness and action around mental health within communities.
According to the report, Trialogue offers a wonderful and creative mechanism for mental health promotion 'in the community to the community with the community'. It also helps to bring about a greater understanding of how to cope and manage mental health problems, making the community more aware of what is positive and what is lacking in mental health service provision and increasing awareness of the experience of stigma and discrimination in communities.
These changes have come about as a result of 'A Vision for Change' (Government of Ireland, 2006) which supports new mental health initiatives in Ireland.
The philosophy behind Trialogue is that mental health is everyone's business, regardless of their background and experience. Meetings take place in neutral locations where communities can gather to develop their understanding of mental health issues, the challenges of maintaining mental health and to transform thinking on developing better services and healthy communities.
The central project team comprised Liam MacGabhann and Paddy McGowan of DCU, Anne Spencer, Michaela Amering and Lorna Ni Cheirin.
