Human rights and psychology in the Republic of Ireland: Aspirations for everyday practice and introducing the Kyrie Farm model
Rogers, ElaineORCID: 0009-0009-8091-3267, Galavan, Eoin, Cowley-Cunningham, MichelleORCID: 0000-0002-1997-6009 and Wainwright, TonyORCID: 0000-0001-8810-7483
(2023)
Human rights and psychology in the Republic of Ireland: Aspirations for everyday practice and introducing the Kyrie Farm model.
Clinical Psychology Forum
(369).
pp. 47-56.
ISSN 1747-5732
The Republic of Ireland is introducing major human rights-based reform to its mental health laws. This paper outlines the new legal landscape in which psychologists must operate against the backdrop of present-day effects of Ireland’s dark legacy of institutionalisation. A rights-based approach aims to positively transform mental health service delivery and we advocate for person-centred treatments as the ‘new normal’. We summarise the recent advocacy work undertaken by the Psychological Society of Ireland’s Special Interest Group in Human Rights & Psychology. Finally, we present an innovative best practice case promoting future rights-based delivery via the Socio-Ecological Model of Health – Kyrie Farm.