Today I'm v angry about mental illness treatment in Ireland. My counsellor recommended a book this week, which I've nearly finished. It's by the woman who developed the treatment for the disorder I have... a disorder which 10% die from. The HSE have never offered this treatment.
I've asked for it numerous times, to no avail. I'm on an introductory course for a different type of treatment, with no suggestion of an actual course in that treatment
I'm one of those model students who does everything thats asked of them. But I can't recover from an illness with a 10% mortality rate on my own. I just can't.
And while I'm here mental illness is not just depression. There are very many mental illnesses with very different prognoses and very different treatment requirements
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1. There's been so much conversation over police accountability structures and organisational reform. The publication today of the General Scheme of the Garda Síochána Powers Bill is hugely important. This deals with what gardaí can do day to day.
2. We've been far behind other countries in the extent to which we regulate what the police do. The detail of this Bill is going to be hugely important. It's got 68 heads, covering stop and search, arrest, searches, detention and rights of those in custody. #gardapowers
3. A definition of reasonable suspicion is provided in the definitions section, reflecting current case law. I'm always wary of this term. It's invariably really key for the use of police powers but rarely a tangible thing. I'll keep an eye on how important it is for the bill
General scheme of the Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill now published justice.ie/en/JELR/Pages/…
It's almost 400 pages. There'll be no hot-takes here.
Early up its providing means for police to conduct prosecutions, despite the Commission calling this a non-core duty that should be reallocated to another agency
It could be easily missed but there's a really important piece of legislation making it's way through Oireachtas at the moment - the Coroners (Amendment) Act 2018 data.oireachtas.ie/ie/oireachtas/…
Thousands of deaths are considered by #coroners every year in Ireland and these are hugely important not just for families who have lost loved ones, but for society as a whole
The #coroners system in Ireland is regulated by legislation from 1962. It's enormously outdated. A report in 2000 recommended wholesale reform of the system. @ClareDalyTD introduced an excellent Bill in 2015