HE spent his life fighting for the rights of the most vulnerable in society.

The founder of Mad Pride Ireland, John McCarthy, has died.

DO you have any idea how hard it is to make a complaint against a consultant psychiatrist, if you feel you have been mistreated?

THE former head of the Mental Health Commission has said we need to radically look at the way in which people are detained against their will in this country.

THE spirit of Christmas is coming to Cork tomorrow when children and families are invited to an event to make decorations, cards or gifts — and it’s all free of charge.

THE use of force within the mental health services whereby people can be incarcerated and treated against their will must be stopped.

A 30-YEAR-OLD man who has been involuntarily detained in a psychiatric unit in Cork for almost six years is set to be transferred to the Central Mental Hospital (CMH).

A NATIONWIDE project to encourage openness and transparency in the mental health services began with mayoral visits to psychiatric units in Cork and Tullamore.

ELECTRIC shock therapy prescribing in Ireland is no different to other European and North American countries, a new study reveals.

IT’S nearing the final stretch in another gruelling run in a Cork South Central campaign for a candidate from Turner’s Cross.

PEOPLE are being “chemically restrained” in psychiatric hospitals in order to control behaviour, despite there being no regulation around such treatment.

MENTAL health campaigner John McCarthy is “overjoyed” to be back on his feet — nine months after his legs seized up due to motor neuron disease.

PEOPLE with mental health problems are “so out of it on drugs” that they cannot function properly or tap into therapeutic care, psychiatrist Dr Ivor Browne has said.

THE work that a Cork-based group has done to help break down the stigma attached to mental health problems and raise awareness about the “normality of madness” is set to be honoured at a European conference.

A VIOLENT and disturbed mental health patient has been under 24-hour guard at Ennis General Hospital at a cost of €1,000 a day for more than two years.

THE crisis in the mental health services is likely to become worse unless significant action is taken at government level, the College of Psychiatry of Ireland (CPI) has warned.