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Binge Eating Disorder (BED) is the theme for this year’s Eating Disorder Awareness Week, taking place from the 1st to the 7th of March. Dr Caroline Maher, Co-Chair of the College Special Interest Group on Eating Disorders, provides some key information on the diagnosis and treatment of what is the most common eating disorder. […]
In marking Eating Disorders Awareness Week 2021, we address some of the myths that exist in the public domain surrounding these serious mental disorders. Awareness of eating disorders has been increasingly evident in media coverage over the past few years, with many women and men coming forward to share their lived experiences with a range […]
College President Dr William Flannery writes to the Irish Times to welcome newly proposed legislation that will look to ban gambling advertisement in sports, and to further discuss the need to tackle our ‘hidden epidemic of gambling addiction in Ireland’. Read the letter in full below or on the Irish Times website here. Sir, […]
Calls for enquiry into historical coercive confinement in psychiatric institutions need to extend to our current system, one that stigmatises and ultimately punishes those with severe mental illness. Senior Clinical Lecturer in Forensic Psychiatry Dr Conor O’Neill, Clinical Lecturer in Forensic Psychiatry Dr Damian Smith and Clinical Professor of Forensic Psychiatry Harry Kennedy, all of […]
What do psychiatrists have to learn from the processes of evolution? One of many questions on the agenda for the inaugural meeting of the ‘Think Tank’ Book Club. Expanding their long-running book review series, the working group behind the quarterly Trainee eNewsletter ‘Think Tank’ have branched out into a live and interactive forum where trainees […]
Professor of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at UCD School of Medicine Fiona McNicholas speaks with the Irish Independent about the surge in families of young people with mental health problems seeking psychiatric help. Read the excerpt featuring Professor McNicholas from the Irish Independent article below. Read the article in full here. The article discusses predictions […]
Consultant Liaison Psychiatrist Dr Eric Kelleher speaks to the Irish Examiner about the increased presentations of depression and anxiety during COVID-19, and what people can do in their daily lives to cope with the unprecedented stress of the pandemic. This article features findings from the College survey of consultant psychiatrists from June 2020. Read report […]
The CPsychI Trainee Committee is pleased to announce their newest initiative – the Think Tank Book Club. With the aim of providing trainees in psychiatry with an opportunity to engage with consultant psychiatrists in an informal, non-clinical setting, participants will join together four times a year to discuss relevant texts and wider interests in literature. […]
Five online educational seminars will run from Wednesday, 10 February to Wednesday, 16 June on the National Clinical Programme for the Assessment and Management of Patients Presenting to Emergency Departments following Self-Harm. View the full list of upcoming online seminars here. Read more about the NCPSH here. Due to the COVID-19 related public health restrictions […]
Dr Karen O’Connor, consultant psychiatrist and national clinical lead for early intervention in psychosis speaks with the Irish Times about the “tsunami of mental health need” anticipated after initial pandemic peak. This article is based on recent research by Dr O’Connor published in the College journal, the Irish Journal of Psychological Medicine. Read the research […]