Tag: Mental Health
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Electroconvulsive Therapy: Does misinformation deprive people of effective treatment?
In the 1980s I was a medical house officer in a regional hospital. Caring for patients with self -harm was a disturbing existential experience for a young doctor who had seen just enough of death to wonder why anyone would try to take their own life. I remember carrying out a medical procedure for a…
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Don’t deny them this treatment – Letter to the Editor
The following is a letter sent to the Irish Independent from Prof Brendan Kelly Sir – Your news report under the heading, ‘Mentally ill still forced to endure shock treatment,’ (Sunday Independent, 15 November), dealt with whether it should be possible for a person with impaired mental capacity to receive ECT without consent. Most mental…
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NUIG Win Spike Milligan Public Speaking Competition for a Fourth Time.
After a fantastic night in the Sugar Club in Dublin, Jenny Fitzgibbon and Ming Cai, medical students from NUI Galway took home the top prize at the Annual Spike Milligan Public Speaking Competition hosted by the College of Psychiatrists of Ireland. They faced tough competition from Queen’s University Belfast who, despite a fantastic dramatic performance,…
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CPsychI welcome the removal of ‘Unwilling’ from the Mental Health Act regarding ECT
The College of Psychiatrists of Ireland welcome the amendment to mental health legislation by the Dáil last night (8/12/15) which sees the deletion of the word ‘unwilling’ with regard to the administration of Electro-Convulsive Therapy (ECT). This long awaited amendment to the Mental Health Act 2001 will end the legal basis to administer ECT to…