St. Patrick's Mental Health Services is a mental health organisation in

Ireland Ireland (, ; ; Ulster Scots dialect, Ulster-Scots: ) is an island in the North Atlantic Ocean, in Northwestern Europe. Geopolitically, the island is divided between the Republic of Ireland (officially Names of the Irish state, named Irelan ...

, with over 700 staff members delivering 12% of the country’s total in-patient care and treatment needs.

Services

St. Patrick's provides a wide range of treatment programmes. These include programmes for

mood disorder A mood disorder, also known as an affective disorder, is any of a group of conditions of mental and behavioral disorder where the main underlying characteristic is a disturbance in the person's mood. The classification is in the ''Diagnostic ...

s ( depression and bipolar depression),

anxiety disorder Anxiety disorders are a group of mental disorders characterized by significant and uncontrollable feelings of anxiety and fear such that a person's social, occupational, and personal functions are significantly impaired. Anxiety may cause phys ...

, an

alcohol dependence Alcohol dependence is a previous (DSM-IV and ICD-10) psychiatric diagnosis in which an individual is physically or psychologically dependent upon alcohol (also chemically known as ethanol). In 2013, it was reclassified as alcohol use disorder ...

substance abuse Substance misuse, also known as drug misuse or, in older vernacular, substance abuse, is the use of a drug in amounts or by methods that are harmful to the individual or others. It is a form of substance-related disorder, differing definition ...

programme,

eating disorder An eating disorder is a mental disorder defined by abnormal eating behaviors that adversely affect a person's health, physical or mental health, mental health. These behaviors may include eating too much food or too little food. Types of eatin ...

anorexia nervosa Anorexia nervosa (AN), often referred to simply as anorexia, is an eating disorder characterized by Calorie restriction, food restriction, body image disturbance, fear of gaining weight, and an overpowering desire to be thin. Individuals wit ...

and

bulimia Bulimia nervosa, also known simply as bulimia, is an eating disorder characterized by binge eating (eating large quantities of food in a short period of time, often feeling out of control) followed by compensatory behaviors, such as self-induc ...

cognitive behavioural therapy Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) is a form of psychotherapy that aims to reduce symptoms of various mental health conditions, primarily depression, PTSD, and anxiety disorders. Cognitive behavioral therapy focuses on challenging and chang ...

, a young adult programme, an adolescent service, a dual diagnosis programme, a memory clinic and general mental health care. It provides in patient services at

St Patrick's University Hospital St Patrick's University Hospital () is a teaching hospital at Kilmainham in Dublin. The building, which is bounded by Steeven's Lane, Dublin, Steeven's Lane to the east, and Bow Lane West to the south, is managed by St Patrick’s Mental Health S ...

, St Patrick's, Lucan (formerly St Edmundsbury Hospital). It installed the first mental health Electronic Health Record (EHR) in Ireland, using Servelec's RiO solution for its eSwift EHR in September 2017. In July 2020, St Patrick's launched a service user portal using the Patient Knows Best patient portal solution.

References

External links

Official Site
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