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WORLD LEADERS IN MENTAL HEALTH MEET IN IRELAND
+ International and Irish leaders in mental health are pictured here in Killarney, Co Kerry during the ‘International Initiative for Mental Health Leadership’ (IIMHL) event.
The International Initiative for Mental Health Leadership (IIMHL) is a virtual agency which brings together national leaders in seven member countries – the USA, Canada, England, Scotland, Australia, New Zealand and Ireland, and this time it was Ireland’s turn to host.
he aim of the IIMHL is to enhance leadership in mental health and addiction services and enhance services for the public. Leaders are drawn from a variety of senior roles, including: government officials, major service providers, service users and carer leaders, representatives of indigenous/ ethnic peoples, senior clinicians, planners, commissioners, and the non-government (NGO) sector. The focus is on sharing innovation and making practical changes. Ireland became a member of the IIMHL in 2006 and has since fostered links which have offered an opportunity to exchange
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ideas and showcase promising practice, especially those involving the active inclusion of service users and carers in the planning, development, delivery and evaluation of mental health services. Every 16 months a Leadership Exchange and Network Meeting is held in one of the member countries, and in May 2010 500 leaders in mental health came together for the meeting, jointly hosted by the Department of Health & Children, the HSE, National Service User Executive and the Mental Health Commission. From May 17th - 21st, Mental Health leaders visited over 40 sites throughout Ireland for two days of thematic ‘exchange
meetings, where Irish mental health leaders hosted their international peers in an active exchange of learning on specific topics.
CITIZENS IN PARTNERSHIP – THE INCLUSION OF SERVICE USERS IN THEIR RECOVERY International colleagues came to Ireland to experience how service users, carers and service providers are working collaboratively in supporting Irish people in their recovery from mental illness. Service users have a representative body in the National Service User Executive (NSUE). In order to deliver better recovery-
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