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On 13 October 2022, the College hosted an online webinar for the public to explore how, with human rights-based health legislation only and no Mental Health Act, society can best support people experiencing mental health crisis and illness. Watch the full webinar event from 13 October 2022 below or on YouTube here. An exploration of […]

For Mental Illness Awareness Week and World Mental Health Day, the Irish Journal of Psychological Medicine is providing free access to a selection of journal articles for the full month of October 2017. Heightened awareness of concepts relating to both mental health and mental illness are essential to ensure that appropriate and well resourced mental health […]

33rd Saint John of God Research Study Day Date: Tuesday 14th November 2023 Venue:  The Talbot Hotel, Stillorgan Road, Co. Dublin, A94 V6K5 Organiser:  Saint John of God Research Foundation CPD: Approved for 6 External Credits by CPsychI Booking:  Eventbrite Link   The Saint John of God Research Foundation would like to invite you to […]

UCD Academic Child and Adolescent Psychiatry School Webinar Series Scaling-up Health-Arts Programmes: the largest study in the world bringing arts-based mental health interventions into a national health service Date:  Friday 28th  July 2023   Time: 12:30 – 13:30 hrs Venue:  Online Webinar Organisers:  Dr Blánaid Gavin & Prof Fiona McNicholas Speaker: Dr Kristi Sawyer Postdoctoral Research […]

The Irish Times has today published a letter by CPsychI President Dr Lorcan Martin and Chair of the Child & Adolescent Faculty, Dr Patricia Byrne in response to an opinion piece by Professor Mac MacLachlan on 22 May. Read the letter in full below or on the Irish Times website here. Independently, Professor Matthew Sadlier discussed the topic with Professor MacLachlan on RTÉ Radio […]

UCD Academic Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Covid Autumn 2022 School Real-world effectiveness of antipsychotic doses in schizophrenia Date:  Friday 16th September 2022 Venue: Online Webinar Organiser: Dr Blánaid Gavin & Prof Fiona McNicholas Speaker: Dr Heidi Taipale Senior Researcher at Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm CPD: Approved for 1 External or Internal Credit by CPsychI View & book […]

Dr Ian Kelleher, Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist, speaks with the Irish Times In The News podcast about the South Kerry CAMHS report, how it’s gotten to this crisis stage and what a lack of resourcing for CAMHS services means for patients. Read selected quotes from Dr Kelleher below, or listen to the podcast in […]

In the wake of the Maskey Report into HSE South Kerry CAMHS, Dr Ian Kelleher, a Consultant Specialist in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, and associate professor at UCD’s school of medicine, outlines the historical and ongoing issues in the resourcing of child and adolescent psychiatry services in Ireland. This article was first featured on The […]

Covid-19 and the recent cyber attack on HSE systems have served only to exacerbate problems within an already under-funded and under-resourced Child and Adolescent Mental Health service. Journalist, Niamh Cahill, details the situation on the ground in an extensive report for the Medical Independent. Read the article in full below or view on the Medical […]