St. Patrick's Mental Health Services is a mental health organisation in Ireland, 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 disorders (depression and bipolar depression), anxiety disorder, an alcohol dependence / substance abuse programme, eating disorders, anorexia nervosa and bulimia, cognitive behavioural therapy, 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, 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
- "Our services". St Patrick’s Mental Health Services. Retrieved 6 May 2018.
- "Getting peace of mind". Irish Times. 7 October 2008. Retrieved 6 May 2018.
- "First fully integrated mental health record to be launched in Ireland". 3 December 2017.
- "St Patrick's Mental Health Services launches first mental health EHR in Ireland". Digital Health. 23 November 2017. Retrieved 2 October 2018.
- "St Patrick's Mental Health Services launches Patient Portal". 7 July 2020.