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The College’s AGM will take place on Thursday 6th April 2017 in the Lyrath Hotel in Kilkenny. The AGM will take place at 5.30 – 6.30 pm during the Annual Spring Conference. If you have not booked a place at the Spring Conference you can do so by clicking here. If a Member has an […]
Congratulations to the Professional Competence Committee, on behalf of the College of Psychiatrists of Ireland, who were awarded a small educational research grant in 2016 by the Irish Network of Medical Educators (INMED) and the Irish Medical Council (IMC) to study the use of Peer Groups in our Professional Competence Scheme. The study has now […]
A suite of Hot Topics CPD Approved eModules (pilot) is now open to members of the College of Psychiatrists of Ireland. Speakers at the popular Hot Topics meetings have kindly allowed their presentations to be recorded and packaged into CPD approved eModules. We welcome Member feedback on the eModules. View the full list of Hot Topics eModules […]
On International Women’s Day we celebrate trailblazer of the past Dr Ada English, and recognise the four women leading the HSE National Clinical Programme for Mental Health By Mary Hayes Dr Ada English was a pioneering Irish psychiatrist who was deeply involved in Irish politics and medicine during the first half of the 20th century. […]
A suite of Hot Topics CPD Approved eModules (pilot) is now open to members of the College of Psychiatrists of Ireland. Speakers at the popular Hot Topics meetings have kindly allowed their presentations to be recorded and packaged into CPD approved eModules. We welcome Member feedback on the eModules. View the full list of Hot Topics eModules […]
The College of Psychiatrists of Ireland joined with Reach Out to host a live Q&A on #AskPsych with Consultant Psychiatrists For 2 hours (between 7pm and 9pm) consultant psychiatrists Dr Gerry McCarney (Child and Adolescent and Addiction Psychiatry) and Dr Helen Keeley (Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and ReachOut Ireland’s head of clinical guidance) took over the […]
With 55,000 Irish people living with dementia, and half a million living in families affected by dementia the launch of the National Dementia Awareness Campaign – Understand Together was welcomed by Minister for Mental Health and Older People Helen McEntee who stressed the importance of this scheme: Each year 4,000 people in Ireland develop a […]
Developed by researchers from the Department of Psychiatry in the RCSI and funded by the Health Research Board Journey through the brain – a colouring book was launched today with Minister for Mental Health and Older People Helen McEntee. The colouring book aims to spark young people’s interest in the science of the brain and its connection to human emotion, […]
Minister of State for Communities and the National Drugs Strategy, Catherine Byrne TD, has announced details of a public consultation on the new National Drugs Strategy which will set out Government policy on tackling the drug problem from 2017 onwards. The Department is seeking the views of the public and all interested parties on the drugs situation in […]
Dr John Hillery has been elected as the new President of the College of Psychiatrists of Ireland and will commence his role with effect from 1st January 2017. Nominations are now being invited for the Vice President role for 2017 – 2019(inclusive) to be submitted before the deadline on 30th September at 12 noon. See below for […]