Category: External Affairs & Policy
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Press Statement: Committee on Future of Mental Health Care told psychiatrist posts in Ireland currently at 50% below the required amount: High trainee satisfaction levels yet low take up in posts here
President of the College of Psychiatrists of Ireland, Dr John Hillery, addressed the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Future of Mental care on Wednesday 7th March 2018, on the issue of recruitment and retention of psychiatrists and trainee psychiatrists to Mental Health Services. The Committee heard that Ireland ranks behind most other European countries (17th…
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Dr John Hillery’s speech at the Eating Disorders Clinical Programme Launch
Launch of Eating Disorders Clinical Programme Dr John Hillery, President of the College of Psychiatrists of Ireland 24th of January 2018 The Scandinavian Public Health Specialist and epidemiologist Hans Rosling died in 2017. He spent his career fighting medical fallacies with facts. He stated that “the world is discussed in terms of feelings and…
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Press Statement: New Clinical Programme to provide early support and clear pathway of care for people with eating disorders
Press Statement 25 January 2018: New Clinical Programme to provide early support and clear pathway of care for people with eating disorders The College of Psychiatrists of Ireland welcomes the launch by the HSE yesterday of the National Clinical Programme for Eating Disorder Services developed in collaboration between the College, HSE and Bodywhys. Eating disorders affect…
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Registration now open for One Day Workshop – ‘Recovery’: Embracing the Challenges – Approach for Psychiatry?
A One Day Workshop for College Members Only – ‘Recovery’: Embracing the Challenges – Approach for Psychiatry? Approved for 5 External CPD credits Supported by the HSE and ARI (Advancing Recovery in Ireland) When: 9.15 – 4.00pm Wed 21st February 2018, Ashling Hotel, DUBLIN Wed 28th February 2018, Clayton Hotel, LIMERICK Registration fee:…
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More training needed to help adults with ADHD, says HSE
Image courtesy of TheDyslexicBook.com The HSE has said that more training is needed for health care professionals in adult psychiatry working in the area of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), writes Mark O’Flynn on RTE.ie It comes after a charity which provides supports for people with ADHD said that around 200,000 people are affected by the…
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Time to stop talking and start spending to help our carers
Unpaid and unheralded, those who care at home for their loved ones urgently need our support, writes Dr John Hillery in the Sunday Independent The recent RTE Prime Time special on ‘Carers in Crisis’ caused much comment and empathy. However, carers don’t want empathy or sympathy or admiration. They just want a little help. Our…
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TCD get the cherry at 2017 Spike Milligan Public Speaking Competition for Medical Students
The topic ‘In this era of post-truth politics, it’s easy to cherry-pick data and come to whatever conclusion you desire’ provided a fantastic night of compelling, thought provoking and entertaining speeches at the CPsychI Annual Spike Milligan Public Speaking Competition 2017. Teams of two from medical schools UL, NUIG, TCD, RCSI, UCC & UCD competed…
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And the winners are….
We are delighted to announce that Jennifer Kearns and Amy Worrall from Trinity College Dublin took first place at this years Spike Milligan Public Speaking Competition which took place in the Button Factory last night. They faced stiff competition from Eoin Graham and Michael Harrington of NUIG who were awarded the runners-up prize.
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Public Health (Alcohol) Bill for discussion in Senate today: College highlights alcohol’s role in completed and attempted suicides and mental health difficulties
College of Psychiatrists highlights alcohol’s role in completed and attempted suicides and mental health difficulties as it calls for full support of the Public Health (Alcohol) Bill for discussion in the Senate today. Alcohol is at the heart of a great deal of mental health problems in Ireland. Psychiatrists and mental health professionals witness at…
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Public Health Alcohol Bill returns to the Seanad after a year
The Public Health (Alcohol) Bill will return to the Seanad for debate tomorrow after the legislation was stalled for over a year reported the Irish Times last week. “The legislation was stalled in the Oireachtas last year due to a number of concerns raised by Fine Gael TDs and Senators, in particular about the requirement…