May 2017
Alcohol Awareness Month: Alcohol abuse’s long term effects on the heart
04
May
Alcohol Abuse & its link to Atrial Fibrillation & Cardiac Arrhythmia This is a blog post from Elevate Addiction Services Most people are familiar with alcohol’s negative impacts on the brain, liver, and kidneys, but many do not understand the risks that alcohol abuse carries for the heart. These risks are exacerbated by the amount of […]
Prof Brendan Kelly on psychiatric attitudes towards homosexuality
03
May
Prof Brendan Kelly charts the disturbing complicity of Irish psychiatry in propagating stigma and discrimination of gay people. This article was written by Prof Brendan Kelly and was published in the Medical Independent on 27th April 2017. On 1 February 2017, the Convictions for Certain Sexual Offences (Apology and Exoneration) Bill 2016 came before the […]