Abstracts 1-30

THE FOLLOWING ABSTRACTS WERE DISPLAYED AS POSTERS  THROUGHOUT WINTER CONFERENCE 2009

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1. Assessment of the Impact of Training on Mental Health Professionals’ Knowledge and Attitudes of Recovery

Dr Abiola Oshodi, St Vincent’s Hospital, Dublin

 

2. A Comparison of the Social Networks of Adults with Intellectual Disabilities

Dr Abiola Oshodi, St Vincent’s Hospital, Dublin

 

3. Polypharmacy in the Rehabilitation Psychiatry Service in The Laois/Offaly Mental Health Service

Dr Akinyele Iyiola, St Fintan’s Hospital, Portlaoise, Co Laois

 

4. Why Patients do not Attend – Understanding the Reasons for Non-Attendance at a Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Clinic

Dr Anne Doherty, Mater Misericordiae University Hospital, Dublin

 

5. Does a Timely Reminder and “Orientation Statement” Improve Attendance at an Inner City New Patient Clinic?

Dr Annette Kavanagh, St Senan’s Hospital, Wexford

 

6. A Case Report of Caffeine Use Related Clinical Change in a Schizophrenic Patient on a Longstay Ward

Dr Aram Kim, St Loman’s Hospital, Mullingar

 

7. Peoples Perception of their Involuntary Admission at One Year Follow-Up and Readmission Rates to Hospital

Dr Brian O’Donoghue, DETECT, Blackrock, Co Dublin

 

8. Psychiatry Consultation Requests in University College Hospital, Galway

Dr Catherine Egan, University College Hospital, Galway

 

9. Analysis of Service and Resource Use in a Community Mental Health Clinic in the HSE Dublin North East

Dr Caragh Behan, Cluain Mhuire Family Centre, Blackrock, Co Dublin

 

10. Olanzapine – Indications and Physiological Consequences in a Dublin City Drug Treatment Centre

Dr Catherine Mc Carthy, Cherry Orchard Hospital, Dublin

 

11. Prescribing Benzodiazepines and Hypnotics in a Drug Dependent Population in Treatment – Findings and Implications

Dr Catherine Mc Carthy, Cherry Orchard Hospital, Dublin

 

12. Methadone Treatment and QTc Interval Assessment in a Dublin City Drug Treatment Clinic

Dr Catherine Mc Carthy, Cherry Orchard Hospital, Dublin

 

13. Inpatient and Residential Bed Use in (Former) Eastern Board Area Northern Ireland

Dr Ciaran McNally, Belfast Addictions Services, Belfast

 

14. Audit of Adolescents Admitted to Adult Psychiatry Wards in the Southern Health and Social Care Trust (SHSCT) Northern Ireland

Dr Catriona Herron, Southern Health and Social Services Trust, Newry

 

15. Bi-Polar Disorder in Children and Adolescents

Dr Dragana Ryan, Midland Regional Hospital, Portlaoise, Co Laois

 

16. Anxiety and Behavioural Disturbance as Markers of Prodromal Alzheimer’s Disease in Patients with Mild Cognitive Impairment

Dr Damien Gallagher, St James’s Hospital, Dublin

 

17. Late Life Depression: A Comparison of Risk Factors and Clinical Characteristics According to Age of Onset in a Sample of Community Dwelling Older Adults

Dr Damien Gallagher, St James’s Hospital, Dublin

 

18. Assessment of Need in Intellectual Disability using the CANDID

Dr Damian Smith, St John of God Kildare Services, Co Kildare

 

19. A Study of Consultant Psychiatrists’ Response to Patients’ Suicide

Dr Eric Kelleher, St James’s Hospital, Dublin

 

20. An Audit of Lithium Monitoring Standards in General Adult Psychiatry

Dr Ejike Udumaga, University College Hospital, Galway

 

21. A Survey of Appropriateness and Completeness of Referrals to a Rural Old Age Psychiatry Service

Dr Elendu Paul Okoronkwo, Our Ladys Hospital, Navan, Co Meath

 

22. National Survey of Psychiatrists’ Responses to Implementation of The Mental Health Act 2001 in Ireland

Dr Faraz Jabbar, Mater Hospital, Dublin

 

23. The Knowledge, Practice and Experience of Psychotherapy among Psychiatry Trainees

Dr Femi Ahmodu, St Vincent’s University Hospital, Dublin

 

24. Risk Assessment and Management in a Tertiary Irish Hospital

Dr Fionn Kelly, St Patrick’s University Hospital, Dublin

 

25.  A Survey of Parental Perception of Participation in a Multi-Centre Autism Research Project

Dr Gargi Bandyopadhyay, St James’s Hospital / Clondalkin CAMHS, Dublin

 

26. Assessment of Mental Health Needs of Looked After Children – An Irish Study

Dr Gargi Bandyopadhyay, St James’s Hospital / Clondalkin CAMHS, Dublin

 

27. Mental Health Needs of Looked After Children – An Assessment of Training of Child Care Social Workers

Dr Gargi Bandyopadhyay, St James’s Hospital / Clondalkin CAMHS, Dublin

 

28. Irish Higher Specialist Training in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry: The Training Opportunities of Placements

Dr Gargi Bandyopadhyay, St James’s Hospital / Clondalkin CAMHS, Dublin

 

29. Axis 1 Disorders in Parents with Gender Indentity Disorder

Dr Heather Church, The Drug Treatment Centre, Dublin

 

30. Spousal Relationships in Gender Identity Disorder

Dr Heather Church, The Drug Treatment Centre, Dublin