Event Details
Special Seminar: Asylum Seekers and Mental Health
Date: 02 March 2020
Venue: Mullingar Park Hotel
Organiser: CPsychI
CPD: Approved for 3.5 External Credits by CPsychI
CPD PROGRAMME
13:30-14:10 Cultural Competence for Psychiatrists in a Multicultural Ireland
Dr Idris Cole – Consultant in General Adult Psychiatry, Longford/Westmeath Mental Health Service.
14:10-14:50 Asylum Seekers – The Challenge for Psychiatrists
Dr Richard Duffy – Consultant in Perinatal Psychiatry, Rotunda Hospital and Consultant in Liaison
Psychiatry, Mater Hospital Dublin.
14:50-15:10 Coffee Break
15:10-15:50 Working with Asylum Seekers who are Survivors of Torture
John O’Donoghue – Psychotherapist in Dublin, working with Spirasi, and member and Honorary Treasurer
of the Association for Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy in Ireland.
15:50-16:30 Managing Mental Illness in those Seeking Asylum – What can we learn from
stories of significant challenge, local solutions and experience elsewhere?
Dr Rachael Cullivan– Consultant Psychiatrist, Acute Psychiatric Unit, Cavan General Hospital.
16:30-17:00 Discussion, Q&A with panel.