…really hard to be part of the team. Communication, or the lack of it, with the treating clinicians was challenging. We sometimes felt that our input as parents was not…
…into the depths of depression. At times, reality can become blurred and delusions take over. Then there’s the medicine. With most mental health illnesses, the treatment for the patient can…
…personal or work life.” A common case of conflating certain behaviours or character traits with a disorder is with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. “Obsessive Compulsive Disorder is actually an illness rather…
Sean McCarthaigh writes for the Irish Examiner regarding research by University College Dublin which looked at occupational stress and burnout among psychiatrists working in Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services…
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…on suicidal ideation. For instance, ‘how to commit suicide’, ‘commit suicide’ and ‘how to kill yourself’ were all significantly higher.” Prof Ella Arensman, the Chief Scientist of the National Suicide…
…notice of rights, effective legal representation, support with communication and access to trained medical expertise. He highlighted a number of other key points: A person with a significant developmental disability,…
Mental health charity A Lust for Life has brought together some of the best and brightest minds in Ireland’s mental health sector to ask: why is our mental health system…
…the trainee experience in psychiatry is highly positive as evidenced by the annual Medical Council survey which for 2 years running has seen psychiatry scoring highest of all 13 training…
