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The 17th international ESCAP Congress in Geneva, Switzerland, is currently accepting abstracts. This major event on child and adolescent psychiatry will take place at the Centre International de Conférences Genève – CICG, from 9 to 11 July 2017. The main congress theme is ‘Transition – child and adolescent psychiatry in a world of change’. Deadline for online […]
The College of Psychiatrists of Ireland hosted a live Q&A with Twitter users at 7pm on Tuesday 17th May as part of Green Ribbon Month For 2 hours (between 7pm and 9pm) Consultant Psychiatrists Dr John Hillery and Dr Mike Scully took charge of the @GreenRibbonIRL account to engage with people about mental health recovery and […]
The College of Psychiatrists of Ireland & the Royal College of Psychiatrists in Northern Ireland invites abstract submissions from all non-consultant psychiatrists, medical students and interns for Poster & Oral Presentation. Applicants will be informed whether their abstract has been accepted or not within two weeks of the closing date. The posters will be displayed […]
The College of Psychiatrists of Ireland held it’s second annual Walk and Talk with Psychiatrists in Merrion Square on the 21st May as part of Green Ribbon month. The walk is in partnership with See Change, the National Stigma Reduction Partnership, and is an important step in challenging the stigma associated with mental illness and psychiatry. The walk is about getting […]
Suicide is a word that is ever prevalent in Irish society. Very few people can claim to not know someone directly or indirectly who has died by suicide in recent yearand we are frequently reminded of the issue by the media. Although it is important for the media to cover these stories, care must be […]
Winners of the NCHD poster presentation and the Faculty of Addiction Psychiatry Essay Competition were congratulated at the Spring Conference 2016 for the usual high standards and prizes awarded to NCHD Research Prize Poster 2016 – Dr Erik Kolshus, Dept. of Old Age Psychiatry, Limerick Mental Health Services & Trinity College Institute of Neuroscience […]
Talk of Mental Health funding dispersal points to ambivalence to mental health and those suffering mental illness believes the College of Psychiatrists of Ireland. The College of Psychiatrists is dismayed at media reports that Minister Kathleen Lynch is under pressure to allow mental health funds to be dispersed to “more politically sensitive” areas of healthcare. […]
We will leave the 2015/16 PCS Year on your CPD Diary open until 5pm, Wednesday 11th May. If you have not already done so, please log all your CPD credits and Clinical Audit confirmation with dates BETWEEN 01/05/15 and 30/04/16. If a date outside of this range is entered, the credits will not accrue into […]
The College of Psychiatrists of Ireland welcomes the commencement of the Clinical Programme for Management of Self Harm Presentations in Emergency Departments. This timely and practical programme puts into operation a practical expert response to a growing and concerning problem in our communities nationally. The programme, launched by the HSE on Wednesday 9th March provides […]
In a powerful article published in the Irish Independent on March 8th, Prof Patricia Casey reflects on the promises made by the last government to improve Mental Health Services in Ireland and how far short they have fallen on these promises. In 2011, when Enda Kenny took office, I wrote in this column: “There are […]