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Mindfulness in the Workplace

22 Sep

A jointly presented conference by the Bon Secours Hospital Cork and The Catherine McAuley School of Nursing & Midwifery, University College Cork

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19th International Nursing Ethics Conference 4th International Ethics in Care Conference

01 Sep

September 1-2, 2018 Brookfield, UCC, Cork, Ireland
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CRITICAL PERSPECTIVES ON AND BEYOND “CHANGE” IN MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES ...15 AND 16 NOVEMBER 2017

19 Oct

A Two-Day Conference organised by the School of Applied Social Studies and the Catherine McAuley School of Nursing and Midwifery, University College Cork, in association with the Critical Voices Network Ireland
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THE 8th ANNUAL CRITICAL PERSPECTIVES CONFERENCE

A Two-Day Conference organised by the School of Applied Social Studies and the Catherine McAuley School of Nursing and Midwifery, University College Cork, in association with the Critical Voices Network Ireland

The conference aims to explore and debate critical perspectives on:

- Acts of resistance within and outside academic and service systems

- The impact of activism on democratising mental health care

- The importance of socio-political perspectives in understanding and responding to human distress

- Co-option of resistance into dominant systems.

Confirmed Keynote Speakers (in alphabetical order):

Kathryn Church is Director and Associate Professor in the School of Disability Studies, Canada

Jonathan Gadsby is a mental health nurse and a founder member of the Critical Mental Health Nurses’ Network, England

Lucy Johnstone is a consultant clinical psychologist, author and trainer, England

Mick McKeown is a mental health nurse, researcher and trade union activist working to build alliances with survivor groups, England

Brigit McWade is a sociologist researching and teaching aspects of mental health, England

Panel discussion with Cork activists: Rory Doody, Recovery Advocate; Joan Hamilton, Sli Eile; Mary Maddock,MindFreedomIreland; Pat Bracken, freelance critical psychiatrist.

Programme overview; CRITICAL PERSPECTIVES programme Overview 2016 (399kB)

This conference, now in its eighth year, is unique as it is free for all participants and it involves people from diverse backgrounds (self-experience, survivors, professionals, academics, carers) presenting, discussing and debating critical and creative perspectives on and beyond the dominant bio-medical approach. The 2010 conference saw the launch of the Critical Voices Network Ireland (CVNI), a network of people interested in considering and developing responses to human distress, which are creative, enabling, respectful and firmly grounded in human rights.

Programme details regularly updated on http://www.ucc.ie/en/nursingmidwifery/news/ and http://www.ucc.ie/en/appsoc/resconf/conf/ and www.cvni.ie

The Conference organisers are Lydia Sapouna, School of Applied Social Studies and Harry Gijbels, Catherine McAuley School of Nursing and Midwifery, University College Cork, Ireland.

THE 7th ANNUAL CRITICAL PERSPECTIVES CONFERENCE

7th ANNUAL CRITICAL PERSPECTIVES ON AND BEYOND THE THERAPY INDUSTRY CONFERENCE 11 AND 12 NOVEMBER 2015

Organised by the School of Applied Social Studies and the Catherine McAuley School of Nursing and Midwifery, University College Cork, in association with the Critical Voices Network Ireland

This year’s conference aimed to explore and debate critical perspectives on:

- The value of talking therapies

- The politics of the therapy industry

- Talking therapies as another expert system

- Other ways (beyond therapies) to support people in distress

Book of Extracts 15 (586kB)

Confirmed Keynote Speakers:

Wednesday 11 November 2015:

1. David Pilgrim (09.45) is an Honorary Professor of Health & Social Policy at the University of Liverpool and Visiting Professor of Clinical Psychology at the University of Southampton. His career has been divided between working as a policy researcher and as a clinical psychologist in the British NHS.

2. Dina Poursanidou (10.30) is a Post-doctoral Research Fellow at the Institute of Psychiatry in London, based at the Service User Research Enterprise; Dina has used mental health services since 2008; Member of Asylum, the magazine for democratic psychiatry.

3. Malcolm Garland (13.45) is aconsultant psychiatrist in Dublin. His team tries to incorporate novel and alternative approaches, including a minimal medication approach and an ethos fostering individuation, not dependence.

Thursday 12 November:

1. Gary Sidley (09.45) is a freelance writer and trainer who opted for early retirement in 2013 from his post of Professional Lead/Consultant Clinical Psychologist after 33 years working in the English mental health services. His writing includes alternatives to biological psychiatry.

2. Wilma Boevink (10.30) is anexperiential expert, social scientist at the Trimbos-Institute, the Netherlands. Former Professor of Recovery and founder of Tree (towards Recovery, Empowerment and Experiential Expertise).

3. Rory Doody (13.45) is a Recovery Development Advocate. He is a voice hearer and engages with his own mental health as often as he breathes! Plagued by inner questions like “who does this serve?” he enquires in the different areas of his work, involving education, case work, service and policy developments, structural change, and good intentions.

Full programme: full details will be available around mid-October on www.cvni.ie and also onwww.ucc.ie/en/nursingmidwifery/news/ and www.ucc.ie/en/appsoc/resconf/conf/

Book of Abstracts

The Book of Abstracts will be emailed to you within the next few days. The programme schedule and the Book of Abstracts will also be available on www.cvni.ie, http://www.ucc.ie/en/nursingmidwifery/news/ and on www.ucc.ie/en/appsoc in advance of the conference. Due to the conference’s limited budget (see below) we would ask you to bring a printed copy of the programme schedule and the Book of Abstracts with you to the conference. There will only be a limited number of printed copies of the conference programme and the Book of Abstracts at the registration desk.

Donations

As you may know, one of the unique features of this annual conference is that it is a free event, supported by a very small budget. Since 2013, following delegates’ enquiries about making donations, there has been a donation box at the registration desk. Please feel free to contribute if you wish (either cash or cheque made payable to CVNI to be lodged into the CVNI conference account). We do not accept donations which compromise the ethos and values of the conference.

THE 6Th ANNUAL CRITICAL PERSPECTIVES CONFERENCE

THE 6th ANNUAL CRITICAL PERSPECTIVES CONFERENCE - 12 AND 13 NOVEMBER 2014

A Two-Day Conference organised by the Catherine McAuley School of Nursing and Midwifery & the School of Applied Social Studies University College Cork, in association with the Critical Voices Network Ireland.

The conference considers and explores:

the value and relevance of psychiatric diagnoses in understanding and responding to a wide range of human experiences of emotional distress
critical perspectives on and creative responses beyond psychiatric diagnoses.

Confirmed Keynote Speakers (in alphabetical order): click on the speakers name to view the presentation.

Keynote Speakers

The Conference organisers are Lydia Sapouna, School of Applied Social Studies, and Harry Gijbels, Catherine McAuley School of Nursing & Midwifery, University College Cork, Ireland.

Chronic Disease Self-Management - A How to Workshop.

Masterclass on Chronic Disease Self-Management - A How to Workshop facilitated by Professor Kate Lorig of Stanford University

International expert on lay-led programmes.

Date; 7th November 2013 @15.30 - 17.00.

Professor Kate Lorig

Kate Lorig is the Director of the Stanford Patient Education Research Center and Professor of Medicine in the Stanford School of Medicine. She has a bachelors degree in nursing from Boston University, and her masters and doctorate of public health (Dr.P.H.) in health education at the University of California, Berkeley. She came to Stanford in 1979 to develop and research an educational program that emphasized self-help skills for people with arthritis. This program became the Arthritis Self-Help Course and was the prototype for the Chronic Disease Self-Management Program, The Diabetes Self-Management Program, the Positive Self-Management Program for HIV/AIDS, the Cancer: Thriving and Surviving Program, the Building Better Caregiver's Program, Self-Management Program, and others. She has authored several books and many articles about arthritis, chronic disease in general, health education and behavioral science. She travels extensively at the invitation of organizations concerned with patient care and academic research.

Some additional highlights of Dr. Lorig’s work are:

Her community based self-management programs are being delivered through over 500 organizations worldwide including Arthritis Foundation in Ireland
Has worked as consultant and advisor on the roll out of her self-management programmes in the UK’s National Health Service and Expert Patient Programme
Using a public health approach, her peer led management of chronic illnesses are the core of her programmes
Extensive experience in randomized controlled trials
Self- management programmes are now available online.

Extensive publication record with over 10,000 citations

Showcase of Blended Learning MSc/PG Diploma Nursing

Showcase of Blended Learning MSc/PG Diploma Nursing (Gerontological )

Date; 9th December 2013 @14.00 - 15.00.

The School of Nursing and Midwifery shared its experiences and learning regarding the development of an online/blended learning MSc/PG Diploma Nursing (Gerontological ) programme to their colleagues within UCC yesterday. The presentation outlined how the e-learning project was developed and managed, the role of the learning technologist and an update of current developments with the programme was presented. In addition, 2 current postgraduate students who are currently undertaking the programme shared their experiences of undertaking the blended learning programme.‌‌

To view the showcase presentation, click here.

Pictured L-R are the Blended Learning team for Gerontological; Michelle Murphy, Breda O'Donovan, Teresa Wills, Damien Drohan, Alice Coffey, Nicola Cornally, Eileen Savage.

Meanings of Madness; Critical and Creative Perspectives.

‘MEANINGS OF MADNESS; CRITICAL AND CREATIVE PERSPECTIVES’
13 AND 14 NOVEMBER 2013 - UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK, IRELAND

The conference offers opportunities to consider:

Meanings of madness
Broadening understandings of expressions of madness
Creative approaches to engaging with and responding to madness

This conference, now in its fifth year, is unique as it is free for all participants and it involves people from diverse backgrounds (self-experience, survivors, professionals, academics, carers) presenting, discussing and debating critical and creative perspectives on and beyond the dominant bio-medical approach. The 2010 conference saw the launch of the Critical Voices Network Ireland (CVNI), a network of people interested in considering and developing responses to human distress, which are creative, enabling, respectful and firmly grounded in human rights. The conference will include an open forum to discuss the on-going work of the CVNI.
Confirmed Keynote Speakers (in alphabetical order): click on the speakers name to view the presentation.

Liz Brosnan has just completed her PhD through a Government of Ireland scholarship at the University of Limerick. Her research explored User Involvement in Irish Mental Health Services. Liz has both personal and professional experience of dealing with "madness".

Gail Hornstein, Professor of Psychology, Mount Holyoke College, Massachusetts, USA. Her research and writings – grounded in an understanding of the mind, based on lived experience – challenge fundamental assumptions about ‘mental illness’ and treatment.

Irene van de Giessen, Expert by Experience employed at the Admiraal de Ruyter Hospital, Vlissingen, the Netherlands and Owner of the Convalescent Talent Agency.

John Read, Professor of Clinical Psychology, University of Liverpool, UK. He has written extensively in the area of trauma and psychosis.

Doug Ross, artist, founding member of Renew. Personal experience of sustained recovery from addiction and psycho-spiritual distress.

The Conference organisers are Harry Gijbels, Catherine McAuley School of Nursing & Midwifery, and Lydia Sapouna, School of Applied Social Studies, University College Cork, Ireland.