NUIG will host an exhibition on the Path Breaking Women of NUI Galway as part of a multidisciplinary project by researchers of the College. This exhibition features 12 women from diverse social, political and religious backgrounds, and their extraordinary – yet little known – contributions across the arts, sciences and public life. Each one is a former faculty […]

On International Women’s Day we celebrate trailblazer of the past Dr Ada English, and recognise the four women leading the HSE National Clinical Programme for Mental Health Press Release: 8th March 2017 Then…1875 Dr Ada English was a pioneering Irish psychiatrist who was deeply involved in Irish politics and medicine during the first half of […]

Medfest 2017 returns to focus on Matters of Life and Death The first in a series of university events exploring the need to make doctors, patients, and the general public more comfortable about discussing death. Medfest, the medically themed one night film festival exploring medicine and psychiatry, will kick off with its first Irish event […]

HSE launches new campaign Ask About Alcohol today to improve people’s knowledge about alcohol. The campaign aims to ask how much we’re drinking, and inform on how it affects your health and wellbeing, and how you can gain more by drinking less. The site has sections on your relationship with drinking, a drinks calculator, and specific information on alcohol and […]

‘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 […]

The recent annual College of Psychiatrists of Ireland (CPsychI) NCHD conference was a great success with a high turnout of Non-Consultant Hospital Doctors. The Conference, hosted in the Hilton Hotel, Kilmainham Dublin on 17th February, was organised by the Trainee Committee, a dedicated working group within the College.  Based on the theme “The Science of Psychiatry” […]

Stigma and treatment of eating disorders in Ireland: healthcare professionals’ knowledge and attitudes F. McNicholas, C. O’Connor, L. O’Hara and N. McNamara Objectives: This study examines aspects of healthcare professionals’ knowledge and attitudes about eating disorders (EDs), which might impede the effective detection or treatment of EDs in Ireland. Methods: A total of 1,916 healthcare […]

Eating Disorders – Anorexia Nervosa, Bulimia Nervosa & Binge Eating Disorder What are they? What are the signs? How are they treated? This week marks Eating Disorder Awareness Week so we have compiled information from the CPsychI Eating Disorder Special Interest Group and BodyWhys to answer these questions and provide helpful resources. If you or someone […]

This article was written by Joanne McNally and was originally published in the Irish Times on 01/09/16. ‘When my therapist asks me to give my eating disorder an identity, it begins to take shape in front of me – and it looks exactly like Louis Walsh Okay now Joanne, we’re going to do a little […]

We are delighted to announce the 8th annual NCHD Conference organised in collaboration with the Trainee Committee of the College of Psychiatrists of Ireland. When: 17th February 2017 Where: The Hilton Hotel, Inchicore Road, Kilmainham, Dublin 8 To Book: Click here to download the booking form and return to Karen McCourt at kmccourt@irishpsychiatry.ie Places are limited, so […]