Tag: recruitment and retention
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Professor Fiona McNicholas for the Irish Examiner: Crisis in child mental health services has been decades in the making
Professor Fiona McNicholas writes for the Irish Examiner about the critical importance of lacking resourcing for Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services in Ireland, as reflected in the recent interim report by the Mental Health Commission. Read the opinion piece in full below or on the Irish Examiner website here. Crisis in child mental health…
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Press Statement: College of Psychiatrists of Ireland reacts to the Mental Health Commission Interim Report on some CAMHS services
The below CPsychI press statement was published on 23 January 2022. Read in full below or via PDF here. College of Psychiatrists of Ireland reacts to the Mental Health Commission Interim Report on some CAMHS services Welcoming the report, the College calls for urgent and emergency action to address too many and concerning shortfalls and…
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Irish Times: Children’s hospitals seeing ‘astronomical’ number of young people self-harming
A ‘complete shift’ in the way Ireland operates its mental health services is needed, say psychiatrists Dr Michele Hill and Professor Mary Cannon, Chair and Vice-Chair of the new CPsychI Youth and Student Mental Health, speak with the Irish Times about soaring numbers of young people presenting to children’s hospitals with self-harm presentations. Professor Cannon…
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Irish Independent: ‘Dire state’ of mental services putting lives at risk, top doctor says
Following our press release from 22 August, the Irish Independent writes about the dire state of mental health services in Ireland, which is currently putting patients’ lives at risk. Read the article in full below or on the Irish Independent website here. Patients’ lives are being put at risk because of the “dire state” of…