On 17 May, Maynooth University launched the findings of the five-year PRIMERA research programme on mental health within families, a comprehensive HSE-funded programme, illustrating barriers that need to be addressed within mental health services.

The HSE provided funding from 2017-2022 for the PRIMERA research programme (Promoting Research and Innovation in Mental hEalth seRvices for fAmilies and children) to identify/develop, implement and evaluate family-focused practice for families with parental mental illness in Ireland. This research is the first endeavour to systematically implement family-focused practice for families with parental mental illness in Ireland. It is also one of the first randomised controlled trials and cost analyses of Family Talk in Europe..Read on here

Read Family paper here
Read Practitioner paper here