The College of Psychiatrists of Ireland and RCPsych Northern Ireland hosted the annual joint winter conference at the Grand Hotel Malahide on 10 & 11 November. Winners of the oral and poster presentations and the Irish Journal of Psychological Medicine John Dunne and Ada English awards are listed below, along with those highly commended.
NCHD Poster Presentation
Winner
Dr David Columb
Fantasy football (soccer) playing and internet addiction among online fantasy football participants: a descriptive survey study
NCHD Poster Presentation
Highly Commended
Dr Eimear McGuire
The role of leadership in improving physical health outcomes in patients with chronic and enduring mental illness: a scoping review
Dr Niamh Murphy
Ban the bash in Irish medical schools – hidden curriculum and the badmouthing of medical specialties
Dr Ralph Twomey
In search of the sound of silence – a case series of musical hallucinations
Dr Jelena Vojnic Barisic
Audit on annual ECG follow up in patients on depot injections
Medical Student Poster Presentation
Winner
Patrick Sweeney
Delirium assessment in an intensive care unit
Medical Student Poster Presentation
Highly Commended
Hannah Ashe
High lethality acts of Intentional Drug Overdose using presecription medication: A retrospective cohort study
Líadan Hanley
The first 300 assessments in Sligo adult ADHD clinic: Comorbidities and functionality
Cáitlín O’Mahony
An evulation of self-harm care delivery during the COVID-19 era by the CUH Liaison/Self Harm Service
NCHD Oral Presentation
Winner
Dr Conan Brady
Dublin hosital workers mental health during the peak of Irlean’ds COVID-19 pandemic
NCHD Oral Presentation
Highly Commended
Dr Gurjot Brar
Mentoring and support practices for final-year medical students during a pandemic – the ‘COVID doctors’
Dr Genevieve Crudden
New ways of working: COVID-19 as a catalyst for change in acute mental health services
Irish Journal of Psychological Medicine
John Dunne and Ada English Awards
John Dunne Award for Psychiatry Trainees
Dr Kieran Hennigan
A longitudinal evaluation of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on patients with pre-existing anxiety disorders