Government Policy
Representing the College of Psychiatrists of Ireland at to the Citizens’ Assembly on Drugs Use, Professor Anne Doherty, Consultant Liaison Psychiatrist and former chair of the Faculty of Liaison Psychiatry, presented the key points of College submission to same on Sunday, 3 September. Prof Doherty highlighted relevant data, outlined key concerns with regard to drugs […]
College welcomes the report on the HSE National Audit of prescribing in CAMHS, published on Friday, 28th July 2023. The College welcomes the publication of the findings of this report which will provide reassurance to children and their parents/guardians attending CAMHS around the country that levels of prescribing in CAMHS are safe and appropriate. As […]
College welcomes Mental Health Commission report but calls for urgent action to address serious deficits in resourcing and basic administrative and management structures in CAMHS The College of Psychiatrists welcomes the publication of the Mental Health Commission’s review of CAMHS report published today (Independent Review of the provision of Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services […]
CPsychI welcomes the appointment of Dr Amanda Burke as Ireland’s first National Clinical Lead for Child and Youth Mental Health. Following the announcement of the new Clinical Lead role as part of the recommendations arising from the Maskey Report, the College commends Minister Mary Butler in the successful funding and delivery of this post, one […]
Following a College EGM on 3rd February 2022, the College has written to the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health to outline concerns around the proposed amendments to the Mental Health (Amendment) Act 2001 and to request a meeting to discuss same. See this correspondence in full below or here. To: Deputy Seán Crowe, Chair, […]
Members of the College of Psychiatrists of Ireland have voted, with overwhelming majority at College EGM, that proposed amendments to the Mental Health Act 2001 will be problematic for patients, showing a clear and necessary commitment to robust, continuing engagement on the revisions to the Act. A College EGM on the current draft Heads of […]
Please find the College General Election 2020 Manifesto below which features our 6 key asks in relation to mental health services and people with severe, enduring mental illness. You can download the manifesto here.
With today marking International Migrants Day, we are highlighting the urgent need to acknowledge the specialised mental health requirements of refugees, asylum seekers and migrants. Many of those seeking asylum have been witness to war, atrocities, persecution, natural disasters and grinding poverty, leaving many with complex psychological needs that can only be addressed by easily […]
PRESS STATEMENT: 30th November 2018 Cannabis is now the main drug driving referral to adolescent addiction services say concerned psychiatrists amid coverage of cannabis use in the last week. Cannabis is now the leading cause of new presentations to Ireland’s adolescent addiction services. The trends in cannabis use and cannabis related harms which are evident […]
College President, Dr John Hillery, spoke to Gavin Grace on ClareFM about concerns over recent report from Mental Health Commission on the use of restraint on mental health patients in mental health centres across the country, 23/10/2018. According to recent figures from the Mental Health Commission more than 1,000 patients were physically restrained or secluded an average […]