MENTAL HEALTH SEMINAR:Mental health service users and their carers are invited to attend a consultation seminar and workshops on developing the mental health services as laid out in the policy document, A Vision for Change.
The free event will be held in the Fairways Hotel, Dundalk, Co Louth, on Friday. Tel: 042-9326156 or e-mail patricia.burns@maile.hse.ie for more details.
HEART FUNDRAISING:Happy Heart Weekend, the Irish Heart Foundation's annual fundraising campaign, runs from Thursday to Saturday next. Funds raised by more than 3,500 volunteers will go towards the national patient helpline, the placement of stroke nurses in the community and health promotion work in schools and workplaces. See www.irishheart.ie or tel: 01-6685001.
SPINA BIFIDA AGM:The Irish Association for Spina Bifida and Hydrocephalus is holding its annual general meeting from Friday to Sunday next in the Knightbrook Hotel, Trim, Co Meath. It is open to those with spina bifida and/or hydrocephalus, their families and carers. Tel: 1890-202260 or see www.iasbah.ie for more details.
MENTAL HEALTH WORKSHOPS:The role of personality in emotional and mental distress is the theme of a workshop on Saturday from 10am-5.30pm and Wednesday, May 16th, from 7.30pm-10pm in the Institute of Psychosocial Medicine, 2 Eden Park, Dún Laoghaire. See www.enneagram.ie for more details or tel: 01 2878514. Cost €135. Meanwhile, in the same venue on Saturday, May 19th, psychotherapist Dr Aine Tubridy will lead a seminar on understanding, responding and recovering from depression. Cost €100. Tel: 01-2800084.
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