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  • Over 50 attend REFOCUS Mind Reading workshop

    Over 50 attend REFOCUS Mind Reading workshop

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    Over 50 people gathered in the LexIcon Library main auditorium to attend the REFOCUS workshop as part of the Mind Reading – Mental Health and the Written Word Conference on March 10th in Dun Laoghaire. In collaboration between UCD Child & Adolescent Psychiatry and Oxford University, the event included talks and workshops which explored productive interactions between…

  • Path Breaking Women of NUI Galway: 1912-1922 and beyond

    Path Breaking Women of NUI Galway: 1912-1922 and beyond

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    NUIG will host an exhibition on the Path Breaking Women of NUI Galway as part of a multidisciplinary project by researchers of the College. This exhibition features 12 women from diverse social, political and religious backgrounds, and their extraordinary – yet little known – contributions across the arts, sciences and public life. Each one is a former faculty…

  • Women taking the lead in Psychiatry: Then and Now

    Women taking the lead in Psychiatry: Then and Now

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    On International Women’s Day we celebrate trailblazer of the past Dr Ada English, and recognise the four women leading the HSE National Clinical Programme for Mental Health By Mary Hayes Dr Ada English was a pioneering Irish psychiatrist who was deeply involved in Irish politics and medicine during the first half of the 20th century.…

  • Medfest 2017 “Eros & Thanatos: Matters of life and death”

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    Medfest 2017 returns to focus on Matters of Life and Death The first in a series of university events exploring the need to make doctors, patients, and the general public more comfortable about discussing death. Medfest, the medically themed one night film festival exploring medicine and psychiatry, will kick off with its first Irish event…

  • IJPM articles: Eating Disorders – Treatment & Services in Ireland

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    Stigma and treatment of eating disorders in Ireland: healthcare professionals’ knowledge and attitudes F. McNicholas, C. O’Connor, L. O’Hara and N. McNamara Objectives: This study examines aspects of healthcare professionals’ knowledge and attitudes about eating disorders (EDs), which might impede the effective detection or treatment of EDs in Ireland. Methods: A total of 1,916 healthcare…

  • Obituary: Dr Dermot Walsh

    Obituary: Dr Dermot Walsh

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    Leading reformer of Ireland’s mental health services and advocate for the mentally ill. Courtesy of Irish Times, published 25/02/17 Dr Dermot Walsh, who has died aged 86 following a brief illness, was, for over six decades, a leading reformer of Irish mental health services and a tireless advocate for the mentally ill. He contributed substantially…

  • A moment that changed me: my psychiatrist told me I could be one too

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    While studying medicine, I suffered from mental health problems that required treatment. My doctor told me they needn’t stop me pursuing my dream – Linda Gask.   This article was published in The Guardian on 17/02/17 and was written by Linda Gask “During my years of medical training I was tense and wound up almost…

  • Mind-Reading: Mental Health and the Written Word

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        Keynote Speakers: Professor Sally Shuttleworth, Professor Fergus Shanahan and Professor James V. Lucey Conference organisers: Dr. Melissa Dixon (Oxford), Dr. Elizabeth Barrett (UCD) Conference Coordinator: Victoria Sewell (UCD)   When: 09.30-17.00, 10th March, 2017 Where: DLR LexIcon Library, Haigh Terrace, Moran Park, Dún Laoghaire, Co. Dublin 5 External CPD credits   This one-day programme…

  • Brendan Kelly on the Tommy Tiernan Show

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    Former Editor-in-Chief of the Irish Journal of Psychological Medicine and professor of psychiatry at Trinity College Dublin, Dr Brendan Kelly appeared on Thursday night’s Tommy Tiernan Show on RTE to discuss mental health in Ireland and the issues young people in particular face in relation to mental illness. To watch the full interview click here.     – a

  • Psychedelic drugs: A higher purpose?

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    Researchers are becoming more convinced of the value of psychedelics in treating depression and addiction. Dr Mike Scully, Chair of the Faculty of Addictions Psychiatry at the College of Psychiatrists of Ireland weighs in on the addiction in psychedelics.  By Alex Meehan Published in the Sunday Business Post on 15/01/2017 It’s late at night deep in…