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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 […]
People who are on medication for any kind of mental health problem, don’t take meds because they want to, they take them because they have to, writes Nicola Hynds. This article appeared on thejournal.ie on 19th February, 2017 and was written by Nicola Hynds. ‘When I tell people that I have schizophrenia the usual reaction […]
Following a Johns Hopkins’ University professor’s assertion that US President Trump has ‘malignant narcissism‘, Dr Brendan Kelly spoke to George Hook on Newstalk about the ethics of commenting on a persons mental state without a proper examination. This issue cropped up when Barry Goldwater ran for US president in 1964. A magazine called Fact ran a survey […]
Keynote Speakers: Professor Sally Shuttleworth, Professor Fergus Shanahan and Professor James V. Lucey Conference organisers: Dr. Melissa Dixon (Oxford), Dr. Elizabeth Barrett (UCD) Conference Coordinator: Victoria Sewell (UCD) When: 09.30-17.00, 10th March, 2017 Where: DLR LexIcon Library, Haigh Terrace, Moran Park, Dún Laoghaire, Co. Dublin 5 External CPD credits This one-day programme […]
A suite of Hot Topics CPD Approved eModules (pilot) is now open to members of the College of Psychiatrists of Ireland. Speakers at the popular Hot Topics meetings have kindly allowed their presentations to be recorded and packaged into CPD approved eModules. We welcome Member feedback on the eModules. View the full list of Hot Topics eModules […]
Researchers are becoming more convinced of the value of psychedelics in treating depression and addiction. Dr Mike Scully, Chair of the Faculty of Addictions Psychiatry at the College of Psychiatrists of Ireland weighs in on the addiction in psychedelics. By Alex Meehan Published in the Sunday Business Post on 15/01/2017 It’s late at night deep in […]
We spoke to CPsychI REFOCUS member (Recovery Experience Forum of Carers and Users of Services) and See Change Ambassador Rick Rossiter following a First Fortnight screening of Infinitely Polar Bear. The movie stars Mark Ruffalo and Zoe Saldana and follows Cam (Ruffalo) who lives with bipolar disorder as he takes full responsibility of his two young, spirited daughters, while […]
Dr Therese O’Carroll and Mr. George Bridges of REFOCUS (Recovery Experience Forum of Carers and Users of Services) speak with Mr. A.T. about the consequences of stigma in the work-place for people with a history of mental illness.This was published as part of Think Tank, a quarterly e-newsletter for trainees by the CPsychI Training Committee 2016. […]