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The College of Psychiatrists of Ireland wishes to state our complete opposition to racism in all forms, in light of the killing of George Floyd in the US city of Minneapolis, and the protests against racial discrimination and inequality that have followed across America and the rest of the world. We fully support calls to […]
Domestic violence against women and the COVID-19 pandemic: What is the role of psychiatry? Statistics have just been published, as reported by the Journal.ie on Monday, demonstrating a 25% increase in domestic violence recordings by gardaí since the beginning of lockdown measures, compared with the same time period last year. Operation Faoiseamh was instigated by […]
In marking Eating Disorders Awareness Week 2020, it is important to tackle 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, with women and men in the public eye sharing lived experiences with a range of eating disorders. […]
With Covid-19 restrictions have come hugely negative consequences for the mental health of our already overwhelmed and overburdened family carer population. This Carers Week 2020 (8th – 14th June) we need to make all the more effort to advocate for supports for this vulnerable cohort of people. We need to make caring visible. Usual family […]
College of Psychiatrists Concerned over Lack of Assurance of a Minister for Children on Cabinet and a Potentially Watered-Down Department for Children and Youth Affairs and Believe this Would be a Backward Step and Detrimental to Placing Children’s Needs Prominently in New Government Plans Following a media interview (23 June) on the programme for government […]
Below is a letter from the President to major political party leaders sent yesterday, regarding Mental Health Services and the next Programme for Government in light of Covid-19 Today the United Nations and the World Health Organisation highlighted that mental health needs must be treated as a core element of our response to and recovery […]
Continued support, guidance and flexibility are needed for those with mental illness while protective and restrictive measures are in place for the Coronavirus. With this in mind, and to alleviate the additional stress that families of young people with mental illness and neurodevelopmental disorders now face, the College has developed a series of short videos […]
Dr Karen O’Connor, consultant psychiatrist, discusses how the economic fallout, intense media coverage and social distancing measure of the COVID-19 pandemic will contribute to a wave of mental health vulnerability months and years after the pandemic’s end. Read the article below which appears on the Business Post’s website. The Covid-19 pandemic is a global health […]
The Faculty of Intellectual Disability Psychiatrists welcomes the recent announcement of increased HSE funding and supports to the disability services during the Covid-19 pandemic. Over ten thousand children (0-19 years) are registered as having an intellectual disability in Ireland (NIDD 2017), the majority of children registered on this database function within the moderate-severe-profound range of […]
The Faculty of Intellectual Disability Psychiatry welcomes the recent increased HSE funding and supports to the disability services during these very challenging times. There are 28,388 people with Intellectual disability in Ireland, the majority (69%) of whom live at home with their parents. 7,530 (26.9%) are in receipt of full-time residential care. Of this group […]