Changing Conversations ~ Changing Lives - Sport, Identity & Mental Health

Changing Conversations ~ Changing Lives - Sport, Identity & Mental Health

June 10th, 2015

Website: crsi-cork.com

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This year’s conference themes are using sport & fitness to promote good mental health and self-identity, and other interventions that encourage change from negative self-perceptions to positive identities.

The conference is taking place from 9:15am-4pm in the Catherine McAuley School of Nursing & Midwifery, Brookfield Health Sciences Complex, UCC, Cork.

SPEAKERS
Dr Phil Cooper, Jimmy Gittins, Danny Sculthorpe & Malcolm Rae
(State of Mind, England)
State of Mind – What’s yours?

Dr. Wesley O’ Brien (Lecturer in Physical Education, UCC) & Dr. Martin Lawlor (State of Mind Ireland)
Let’s get physical: A sustainable pathway for positive health and well-being

WORKSHOPS
Marian Browne (Student Counselling & Development, UCC)
UCC Minds: Identifying & Responding to Distressed and At Risk Students

Rory Doody (Recovery Development Advocate, Home Focus Team, West Cork)
Seeking Tangible Effects of Recovery

LIGHTNING PRESENTATIONS
Quick-fire presentations from delegates of their own innovations in mental healthcare and health promotion from across Ireland and beyond