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26 – 28 October 2017 Crowne Plaza Hotel, Northwood Park, Santry – Dublin Co-organized by the European Violence in Psychiatry Research Group (EViPRG) & the European Network for Training in the Management of Aggression (ENTMA08), and with due reserve is a World Psychiatric Association (WPA) co-sponsored meeting. Prof Harry Kennedy Clinical Director, Central Mental Hospital (Ireland) is a […]
The 22nd Annual NAPICU Conference will take place in Trinity College Dublin from Thursday 7th September and Friday 8th September 2017. To register for the conference you can book online or download the manual registration form from the NAPICU website www.napicu.org.uk The theme for this year’s conference is International Perspectives in Acute, Emergency and Forensic […]
We need to improve the services that look after children with mental health difficulties, a leading Irish expert in mental health care says. This article was written by Gráinne Ní Aodha and published on thejournal.ie on 21/05/2017 In six years, the rate of suicide in Ireland has fallen by 20%. That doesn’t mean it’s now […]
Netflix teen drama 13 Reasons Why has seen more social media activity than any other Netflix series and has undoubtedly had an impact on its viewers, but potentially not for the better. By Mary Hayes It is reported that the series, while attempting to generate much needed discussion on suicide, presents some real red flags […]
Prof Brendan Kelly charts the disturbing complicity of Irish psychiatry in propagating stigma and discrimination of gay people. This article was written by Prof Brendan Kelly and was published in the Medical Independent on 27th April 2017. On 1 February 2017, the Convictions for Certain Sexual Offences (Apology and Exoneration) Bill 2016 came before the […]
‘The Brain Dead Megaphone’ – Post Truth Society and the Psychiatrists’ Role I write this piece in the shadow of the news of the death of Dermot Walsh. Dermot had a profound effect on any of us who interacted with him in the course of our development as Psychiatrists. We may not have always agreed […]
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