Embracing Recovery

This phase of the program is open to inpatients and participants who attend two days a week through the Wellness and Recovery Service. Inpatients attend a seven day programme. The programme timetable incorporates specific groups in conjunction with the Activities Programme, Rise Groups and the Twilight Club organized each evening.

All participants are encouraged to attend groups and to choose at least two additional activities each day. This is a means of engaging in behavioural activation. It also provides a structure for working on personal goals that are aimed at beginning to tackle and change factors that are maintaining depression.

Embracing Recovery is an open revolving programme of four weeks duration. Participants may extend that if it is deemed therapeutically beneficial. The programme is designed so that a participant can join at any point of the cycle. The title of each group indicates an underlying theme for that group. Group content each week will focus on exploring the theme from different perspectives or introducing underlying components inherent within them.

We have found that groups despite being a little intimidating initially can be a very helpful means of engaging and learning about your experience of depression. There is a difference between expertise and experience. While we endeavour to provide and impart as much expertise as possible we believe that shared experience is just as important and should never be underestimated.

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The atmosphere of the hospital is very bright, cheerful and friendly. The staff are excellent, uniformly helpful without exception and a credit to the hospital

There is a very good atmosphere at St. Patrick's. Communication is very good between patients and staff and should be maintained on an informal basis. Food is very good and is a very good morale booster for everyone. I would like to thank everyone in St. Patrick's for input and kindness while I have been here

I had 10 unforgettable days with prime quality care and facilities. Most of all, I've met really nice people and hopefully not being wrong made some friends. Good work, keep it up

It was a turning point in my life and a good one. I will always have fond memories of my stay here because the overall feeling was of peace.

Today I'm sad as I leave ye all, but the sadness is one that I like, Because after 8 weeks on the bay, it's time for me to take a hike, thanks to all the nurses and students, to the staff in the kitchen and OT's too, to the lovely ladies who clean the ward, to the doctors where a bond we grew.

The Cleaners kept my room beautifully clean and the Temple Centre was spotless. The staff were so helpful and caring and gave me as much time as I needed. All in all I was very well cared for. Thank you very much

Excellent staff have finally helped me overcome my illness with the correct treatment and also using the recovery psychosis programme which opened my mind to what I suffer from. I have had this for 10 years but now I feel relaxed, free of all fear thanks to the A team. St Pats sets the standard for others to follow.

I do not have a single negative to pass on the time I have spent under the care of the staff of St. Patrick's Hospital other than to say that it varied between very good and exceptional. I came to hospital feeling broken and despairing and leave now feeling renewed and well and looking to the future.

I was most impressed with the care given to my daughter during her stay here. The ambience in the hospital is relaxed and caring. From the cleaners to the nurses, doctors and administrators everybody is on first name terms all working to a common goal of getting people better. Congratulations on a job well done