Visual Art Exhibition & Awards Ceremony
To mark World Mental Health Day 2010 the College of Psychiatry of Ireland is hosting a Visual Art Exhibition & Awards Ceremony to acknowledge the therapeutic value of creative artwork in mental health. The exhibition & awards are also part of a national movement, See Change (www.seechange.ie), which aims to encourage everyone to play a part in reducing the stigma of mental health problems in Ireland by being open and positive about their own and other’s mental health.
Electric Picnic Ticket Giveaway via new SpunOut.ie SMS Service
To celebrate the launch of the new super SpunOut.ie SMS texting service the organisation (thanks to support of the Vodafone Ireland Foundation) have 2 pairs of Electric Picnic tickets to give away. The new system will allow users to receive short simple updates direct to your phone - no more than 2 per month - giving you heads up on new SpunOut.ie youth campaigns, polls, surveys and competitions to win great free stuff like tickets to concerts and sports events.
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Coping with the trauma of schizophrenia in the family
The following article is from the Irish Times. It features quotes from John Saunders (pictured), the Director of Shine, and refers to our organisation. It is written by Michelle McDonagh.
COPING WITH a severe mental illness such as schizophrenia affects not only the individual involved, but every member of their family. As well as watching their loved one’s mental wellbeing break down before their eyes, the parents, spouse and siblings of a person with schizophrenia have to deal with the stigma that still surrounds serious mental illness.
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