Need Help?
Need to talk to some one? Need more informaion on mental health issues?
Here are some useful contacts.........
http://www.samaritans.org
http://www.aware.ie
http://www.reachout.com
http://www.headstrong.iehttp://ie.reachout.com/
http://www.grow.ie
http://shineonline.ie
http://hse.ie
There is a range of voluntary organisations that promote positive attitudes to mental health and provide services to people suffering from mental illness. The following organisations are the major ones; most of them have local branches.
Mental Health Ireland Mental Health Ireland (MHI) is a national voluntary organisation that aims to help those who are mentally ill and to promote positive attitudes to mental health.
Mental Health Ireland, Mensana House, 6 Adelaide Street, Dun Laoghaire,Co. Dublin.
Tel: 01 284 1166 Fax: 01 284 1736 E-mail: information@mentalhealthireland.ie
Go direct to the info/help pages on Mental Health Ireland's web site:
http://www.mentalhealthireland.ie/information/how-do-i-get-help
http://www.mentalhealthireland.ie/information/finding-support
AWARE
AWARE is a voluntary organisation that aims to provide support group meetings for people with depression and manic depression and their families.
AWARE 72 Lower Leeson Street, Dublin 2.
Lo-Call: 1890 303 302 (helpline only) Tel: (01) 661 7211 Fax: (01) 661 7217 E-mail: aware@iol.ie
SAMARITANS
The primary aim of Samaritans is to be available at any hour of the day or night to listen to and befriend those experiencing personal crises and those in imminent danger of taking their own lives. All contact is in complete confidence. The Samaritans have 20 branches throughout Ireland. You can make contact by telephone, email and in some branches by calling in personally to speak with someone in confidence.
Samaritans
4-5 Usher's Court, 7 Usher's Quay, Dublin 8.
Tel: (01) 671 0071 Callers can phone the local number or use 1850 60 90 90. E-mail:jo@samaritans.org
GROW
GROW aims to help the individual grow towards personal maturity by using their own personal resources, through mutual help groups in a caring and sharing community.
GROW National Office Grow Centre, 11 Liberty Street, Cork.
Lo-call: 1890 474 474 or Tel: (021) 427 7520, E-mail: info@grow.ie
SHINE
Shine - Supporting People Affected by Mental Ill Health Shine is the national organisation dedicated to upholding the rights and addressing the needs of all those affected by enduring mental illness including, but not exclusively, schizophrenia, schizo-affective disorder and bi-polar disorder, through the promotion and provision of high-quality services and working to ensure the continual enhancement of the quality of life of the people it serves. Shine has offices in Dublin, Cork, Galway, Kilkenny, Tullamore and Dundalk. It was formerly known as Schizophrenia Ireland (SI). They have a separate resource, Recover.ie, which provides information about schizophrenia.
Shine, 38 Blessington Street, Dublin 7.
Tel: (01) 860 1620 Fax: (01) 860 1602 Helpline: 1890 621 631 (Mon-Fri 9-4, local call charge)
E-mail: info@shineonline.ie
RECOVERY INTERNATIONAL
Recovery International are a community mental health organisation that offer a self-help method of will training.
Recovery International Bridge House, Cherry Orchard Hospital, Ballyfemot, Dublin 13.
Phone: (01) 626 0775 Email: info@recovery-inc-ireland.ie
OUT AND ABOUT
The Association for Phobias in Ireland Out and About (OANDA) is the national organisation for sufferers of agoraphobia.
Out and About, 140 St Lawrence's Road, Clontarf, Dublin 3.
Tel: (01) 833 8252.
ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS
Anonymous is a fellowship of men and women who share their experience, strength and hope with each other in order to overcome their alcoholism and help others to recover from alcoholism. Alcoholics Anonymous is an international organisation and has branches throughout Ireland. Find information on meetings of Alcoholics Anonymous in your area here.
Alcoholics Anonymous Unit 2, Block C, Santry Business Park, Swords Road, Dublin 9.
Tel: (01) 842 0700 Fax: (01) 842 0703, E-mail: gso@alcoholicsanonymous.ie
BODYWHYS
Bodywhys is an organisation that provides help, support and understanding for people with eating disorders, their families and friends.
Bodywhys, Central Office, PO Box 105, Blackrock,
Lo-call: 1890 200 444 Tel/Fax: (01) 283 4963 E-mail: info@bodywhys.ie
Here are some useful contacts.........
http://www.samaritans.org
http://www.aware.ie
http://www.reachout.com
http://www.headstrong.iehttp://ie.reachout.com/
http://www.grow.ie
http://shineonline.ie
http://hse.ie
There is a range of voluntary organisations that promote positive attitudes to mental health and provide services to people suffering from mental illness. The following organisations are the major ones; most of them have local branches.
Mental Health Ireland Mental Health Ireland (MHI) is a national voluntary organisation that aims to help those who are mentally ill and to promote positive attitudes to mental health.
Mental Health Ireland, Mensana House, 6 Adelaide Street, Dun Laoghaire,Co. Dublin.
Tel: 01 284 1166 Fax: 01 284 1736 E-mail: information@mentalhealthireland.ie
Go direct to the info/help pages on Mental Health Ireland's web site:
http://www.mentalhealthireland.ie/information/how-do-i-get-help
http://www.mentalhealthireland.ie/information/finding-support
AWARE
AWARE is a voluntary organisation that aims to provide support group meetings for people with depression and manic depression and their families.
AWARE 72 Lower Leeson Street, Dublin 2.
Lo-Call: 1890 303 302 (helpline only) Tel: (01) 661 7211 Fax: (01) 661 7217 E-mail: aware@iol.ie
SAMARITANS
The primary aim of Samaritans is to be available at any hour of the day or night to listen to and befriend those experiencing personal crises and those in imminent danger of taking their own lives. All contact is in complete confidence. The Samaritans have 20 branches throughout Ireland. You can make contact by telephone, email and in some branches by calling in personally to speak with someone in confidence.
Samaritans
4-5 Usher's Court, 7 Usher's Quay, Dublin 8.
Tel: (01) 671 0071 Callers can phone the local number or use 1850 60 90 90. E-mail:jo@samaritans.org
GROW
GROW aims to help the individual grow towards personal maturity by using their own personal resources, through mutual help groups in a caring and sharing community.
GROW National Office Grow Centre, 11 Liberty Street, Cork.
Lo-call: 1890 474 474 or Tel: (021) 427 7520, E-mail: info@grow.ie
SHINE
Shine - Supporting People Affected by Mental Ill Health Shine is the national organisation dedicated to upholding the rights and addressing the needs of all those affected by enduring mental illness including, but not exclusively, schizophrenia, schizo-affective disorder and bi-polar disorder, through the promotion and provision of high-quality services and working to ensure the continual enhancement of the quality of life of the people it serves. Shine has offices in Dublin, Cork, Galway, Kilkenny, Tullamore and Dundalk. It was formerly known as Schizophrenia Ireland (SI). They have a separate resource, Recover.ie, which provides information about schizophrenia.
Shine, 38 Blessington Street, Dublin 7.
Tel: (01) 860 1620 Fax: (01) 860 1602 Helpline: 1890 621 631 (Mon-Fri 9-4, local call charge)
E-mail: info@shineonline.ie
RECOVERY INTERNATIONAL
Recovery International are a community mental health organisation that offer a self-help method of will training.
Recovery International Bridge House, Cherry Orchard Hospital, Ballyfemot, Dublin 13.
Phone: (01) 626 0775 Email: info@recovery-inc-ireland.ie
OUT AND ABOUT
The Association for Phobias in Ireland Out and About (OANDA) is the national organisation for sufferers of agoraphobia.
Out and About, 140 St Lawrence's Road, Clontarf, Dublin 3.
Tel: (01) 833 8252.
ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS
Anonymous is a fellowship of men and women who share their experience, strength and hope with each other in order to overcome their alcoholism and help others to recover from alcoholism. Alcoholics Anonymous is an international organisation and has branches throughout Ireland. Find information on meetings of Alcoholics Anonymous in your area here.
Alcoholics Anonymous Unit 2, Block C, Santry Business Park, Swords Road, Dublin 9.
Tel: (01) 842 0700 Fax: (01) 842 0703, E-mail: gso@alcoholicsanonymous.ie
BODYWHYS
Bodywhys is an organisation that provides help, support and understanding for people with eating disorders, their families and friends.
Bodywhys, Central Office, PO Box 105, Blackrock,
Lo-call: 1890 200 444 Tel/Fax: (01) 283 4963 E-mail: info@bodywhys.ie