Hot Topics Webinars – Thursday 16th April 2026

Hot Topics Webinar – Thursday 16th April 2026

TIME: 6:30pm – 8:30pm
ONLINE: Live Zoom Webinar
CPD: Approved for 2 Accredited Continuing Education credits per webinar

BOOKING:  CPsychI members: BOOK ONLINE (log in to MyCollege).  Non-CPsychI members / CPD-SS NCHDs:  Submit your booking form as soon as possible to secure your place.

***Hot Topics Webinars are broadcast live.  Registration will close at 4pm on the day of each webinar.  Delayed viewing will not be available.***

PROGRAMME:

Thursday 16th April 2026

Topic: The Therapeutic Potential of Forgiveness in Psychiatric Practice

Speaker: Prof Brian Lawlor, Honorary Consultant Psychiatrist, St James’s Hospital and Founding Director, Global Brain Health Institute, Trinity College, Dublin.

The importance of forgiveness as a therapeutic tool is underestimated and not widely appreciated in psychiatry. This session will explore the concept of forgiveness and how its activation can promote better mental health and alleviate psychological distress.

Topic: Frontotemporal Dementia and pre-existing mental illness – diagnosis challenges

Speaker: Prof Jennifer Hoblyn, Clinical Director, St John of God University Hospital. Consultant Psychiatrist, Psychiatry of Later Life. Clinical Professor, UCD School of Medicine. Associate Professor, TCD.

Registrants will be emailed a Zoom link shortly before the webinar(s).  Webinars are broadcast live, without delayed access.  The Zoom link will be unique for each registrant and can only be used on one device at a time.  The link will be emailed to the primary email address we have on file for each registrant.  In order for an attendance record to be generated for each webinar for the purpose of issuing CPD certificates, each registrant’s name and primary email address will be input as an attendee on the College’s Zoom account.  Zoom webinars may be recorded.  Any unauthorised recording / broadcasting / copying of Hot Topics presentations or material is strictly prohibited.