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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 […]
The first of 5 university events centred on the topical theme “Framing Trauma: Conflict and Medicine” showcases the potential for the Arts to contribute to medicine Medfest, the medically themed one night film festival exploring medicine and psychiatry, has kicked off with its first Irish event of 2016 in the Royal College of Surgeons in […]
Top 5 Priorities for Ireland’s Mental Health A Vision for Change maps what services should be available to people with mental health problems. Ten years on we still have inequality of access to services across Ireland. The College Calls on You when Elected to Ensure Delivery of: 1. 24/7 Community Based Mental Health Teams for […]
A report published by Pavee Point has shown Traveller suicide rate is six times higher than the national average. Pavee Point has described mental health support services for Travellers as inadequate and Traveller Health Workers have had to make up to 20 phonecalls to get a response from service providers. “It’s people’s lives we’re dealing with […]
The College of Psychiatrists is delighted to announce that the Spring Conference 2016 will take place in Carton House, Co. Kildare. This years theme is Human Rights And Trauma with a programme including topics on Mental health as a human rights and equality issue Dignity, justice and human rights in psychiatry: Where next? Culture and psychiatry Challenges […]
The External Affairs and Policy department have recently published a revised Communications Framework for the College of Psychiatrists of Ireland. This revised document is a revision of the previous Communications Policy published in 2011. One of the major revisions in the document sees the introduction of a new category of College Paper, Perspective Papers. The aim […]
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 […]
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 […]