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02
Feb
Professor Fiona McNicholas for the Irish Examiner: Crisis in child mental health services has been decades in the making

Professor Fiona McNicholas writes for the Irish Examiner about the critical importance of lacking resourcing for Child and Adolescent Mental Health […]

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Tags: CAMHS, Child and Adolescent, Mental Health Commission, recruitment and retention, resourcing,
01
Feb
RTÉ Radio 1: CPsychI President Dr Lorcan Martin discusses Bipolar Disorder on Supercharged with Anna Geary

Anna Geary, host of Supercharged on RTÉ Radio 1, discussed bipolar disorder with College President Dr Lorcan Martin, along singer Arlene Bailey […]

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31
Jan
Press Statement: College of Psychiatrists warns proposed Sale of Alcohol Bill will have ‘hugely negative’ impact on mental health

The below CPsychI press statement was published on 31 January 2022. Read in full below or via PDF here. College […]

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Tags: addiction psychiatry, alcohol, alcohol action ireland, committee on justice, Oireachtas, Press Statement, sale of alcohol bill,
23
Jan
Press Statement: College of Psychiatrists of Ireland reacts to the Mental Health Commission Interim Report on some CAMHS services

The below CPsychI press statement was published on 23 January 2022. Read in full below or via PDF here. College […]

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Tags: CAMHS, Child and Adolescent, interim report on some camhs services, Mental Health Commission, MHC, recruitment and retention, resourcing,
11
Jan
Irish Times: Reflections on the collective mental health trauma of Covid-19

June Shannon of the Irish Times spoke with specialist members of the CPsychI Faculty of Old Age Psychiatry to highlight the […]

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Tags: COVID-19, Media, old age psychiatry,
04
Jan
Irish Times: Children’s hospitals seeing ‘astronomical’ number of young people self-harming

A ‘complete shift’ in the way Ireland operates its mental health services is needed, say psychiatrists Dr Michele Hill and […]

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Tags: CAMHS, Child and Adolescent, Depression, mental illness, recruitment and retention, self-harm, Suicide, Treatment, youth and student mental health,
19
Dec
Irish Times: ‘Serotonin and depression: what are the implications for psychiatry and patients?’

‘There is no convincing evidence that depression is associated with, or caused by, lower serotonin concentrations or activity’ George Winter […]

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Tags: biology, Depression, mental illness, serotonin theory, SSRI, Treatment,
14
Dec
Irish Independent: Why connecting with people at Christmas is so important for our mental health

Julia Molony writes for the Irish Independent about the pervading, and false, factoid that suicides rates are highest around Christmas. She explores […]

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Tags: christmas, Depression, loneliness, mental illness, social isolation, suicide rates,
26
Nov
Irish Independent: ‘Politicians would never ignore cardiologists or oncologists. So why dismiss psychiatrists and endanger patients?’

Sarah Carey writes for the Irish Independent on the serious ramifications for patients if proposed changes to the Mental Health Act are […]

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07
Nov
Press Statement: College warns of ‘profound issues‘ with services for adults with intellectual disability around the country.

The below CPsychI press statement was published on 4 November 2022. Read in full below or via PDF here. College […]

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Tags: access to treatment, intellectual disability, learning disability, service provision,