Subject & Study Guides: Counselling and Addiction Studies: Irish websites

Irish websites

3TS 3Ts (Turn the Tide of Suicide) is a registered charity in Ireland (no. CHY15710), founded in 2003 to raise awareness of the issue of suicide and to raise funds to help prevent future deaths by Suicide through dedicated research, intervention & support.
Aware
Citizens Information Welcome to Citizens Information. This site provides information on public services and entitlements in Ireland. It is provided by the Citizens Information Board.
Irish Department of Health The Department of Health's statutory role is to support the Minister in the formulation and evaluation of policies for the health services. It also has a role in the strategic planning of health services. This is carried out in conjunction with the Health Services Executive, voluntary service providers, Government Departments and other interested parties
Dept of Children & Youth Affairs The Department of Children and Youth Affairs focuses on harmonising policy issues that affect children in areas such as early childhood care and education, youth justice, child welfare and protection, children and young people's participation, research on children and young people, youth work and cross-cutting initiatives for children.
Government Websites
GROW GROW is a Mental Health Organisation which helps people who have suffered, or are suffering, from mental health problems. Members are helped to recover from all forms of mental breakdown, or indeed, to prevent such happening.
Health Research Board The Health Research Board is the lead agency in Ireland supporting and funding health research. Include information and health research on drug use.
HRB Library link to resources
HSE Reports and Publications Including: Corporate Reports; Children and Young People; Disability Services; Environmental Health; Health Protection & Public Health; Health Topics and Conditions; Hospitals; Non Statutory Sector; Human Resources; Mental Health and Suicide Prevention; Older People Services; Policies and Procedures; Primary Care; Social Inclusion, Asylum Seekers, Travellers
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Primary Care; Social Inclusion, Asylum Seekers, Travellers
Irishhealth.com Health related topics and discussion forum from a specifically Irish context.
Lenus LENUS the Irish health repository for the HSE. This gateway to health information is provided by the HSE Regional Library & Information Services in Ireland and includes archives of the old Irish Health Board and the HSE as well as other Irish health publications and research articles.
Look after your mental health Look after your mental health: This website has been developed by the HSE National Office for Suicide Prevention (www.nosp.ie) as part of the ‘Your Mental Health’ awareness campaign,
Mental health Commission. Publications and useful links tabs
Mental health ireland Mental Health Ireland is a national voluntary organisation which was established in 1966 as the Mental Health Association of Ireland
National Drug treatment centre (dissolved)
Psychological Society of ireland The Psychological Society of Ireland (PSI) is the learned and professional body for Psychology in the Republic of Ireland. Since its birth in 1970 the Society has grown from a mere 17 members to more than 2,500.
Samaritans
The Irish childhood bereavement network The Irish Childhood Bereavement Network provides information on how to support a bereaved child or adolescent

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