2021
Five online educational seminars will run from Wednesday, 10 February to Wednesday, 16 June on the National Clinical Programme for the Assessment and Management of Patients Presenting to Emergency Departments following Self-Harm. View the full list of upcoming online seminars here. Read more about the NCPSH here. Due to the COVID-19 related public health restrictions […]
Dr Karen O’Connor, consultant psychiatrist and national clinical lead for early intervention in psychosis speaks with the Irish Times about the “tsunami of mental health need” anticipated after initial pandemic peak. This article is based on recent research by Dr O’Connor published in the College journal, the Irish Journal of Psychological Medicine. Read the research […]
A new study outlining the results of a survey of attendees at the CPsychI NCHD Conference in 2019, carried out by members of the College Trainee Committee, has been published this week. The paper highlights that lack of supervision is significantly associated with burnout, lower satisfaction at work, and poorer psychological well-being. Read an excerpt […]
Dr Anne Doherty, Consultant Liaison Psychiatrist at the Mater Hospital, Associate Professor of Psychiatry at UCD and chair of the Faculty of Liaison Psychiatry at the College of Psychiatrists of Ireland writes for TheJournal.ie about how emergency departments are drowning under the additional pressure of increased mental healthcare need during COVID-19. Read excerpts from the […]
Below is a letter to the editor by Mary Cosgrave from the first print issue of the IJPM dedicated to COVID-19 and Mental Health. View the original on CambridgeCore here. View the entire virtual issue dedicated to COVID-19 and Mental Health here. Dear Editor, As we reach the mid-summer of 2020, it is usual […]