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(Approved by CPsychI for 1 External or Internal CPD credit)

Premature mortality due to CVD is the most common cause of natural death in those with SMI. The reasons remain unknown though the contribution of medication, illness & lifestyle choices all contribute. The general population has seen in a decline in CVD-related mortality. The same is not true in those with SMI. Thus far, simply being aware of the problem is insufficient & there needs to be a proactive approach which involves screening and the offering of guideline concordant treatment strategies to all patients with SMI.
Learning Outcomes:
1. Understand risk factors for CVD in common SMI
2. Understand role of illness and medication in the development of CVD in SMI
3. Strategies to help those with SMI deal with CVD risk factors
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This talk looks at: Psychological Impacts of Trauma, Evolution of PTSD Diagnosis, Role of Medication and Therapies in PTSD, and Challenges in Clinical Care of PTSD
Learning Outcomes:
1. Understanding of normal and pathological responses to traumatic events
2. Understanding of Value and Limitations of Diagnostic Criteria
3. Understanding of Roles of Medication and Psychological Therapies in PTSD
4. Understanding of common challenges in clinical management of patients with experience of trauma
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Hot Topic eModule 3: The Change Imperative: The youth mental health paradigm as a model for mental health reform in Ireland

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This talk will combine epidemiological evidence on the prevalence of mental ill-health among youth populations with a critique of Ireland’s current mental health policy and services. In this talk, a case will be made for rethinking and reforming existing mental health policy and service structures in Ireland, with particular reference to mental health services for young people during the developmental periods of adolescence and young adulthood.
Learning Outcomes:
1. Update on the latest epidemiological evidence on rates of mental ill-health among youth populations in Ireland and internationally
2. Introduction to the youth mental health paradigm and current opinion on the rationale for youth mental health reforms internationally
3. Overview of the youth mental health model of care as a potential blueprint for mental health reform in Ireland
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This talk addresses the high rates of serious mental illness presenting to prisons in Ireland and the steps taken to identify and divert people with severe mental illness to healthcare.
 Learning Outcomes:
1. To gain understanding of the over-representation and accumulation of people with severe mental illness, particularly psychotic illness, in prisons.
2. To understand why people with severe mental illness are often refused bail even when charged with very minor or trivial offences for reasons to do with their mental illness rather than the offence.
3. To appreciate the large numbers of mentally ill persons who are homeless and present to prisons when actively psychotic.
4. To understand the process of screening, identification, liaison and diversion from prison which takes place at Ireland’s main remand prison.
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Alcohol misuse is common and devastating, with significant mortality and morbidity. In the last decade, novel interventions, pharmacotherapeutic, psychotherapeutic and technology-based are gradually transforming the treatment landscape. This presentation covers these developments and how they can be used to help current practice.
Learning Outcomes:
1. The audience will learn the background research about novel treatments in alcohol misuse.
2. The audience will learn about the breath of treatment interventions in alcohol misuse.
3. The audience will learn about application of these developments into current clinical practice.
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This talk covers Key PTSD maintenance factors, a brief overview of the cognitive model for PTSD, evidence base for Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (TFCBT), and specific challenges in delivering and integrating TFCBT within community mental health teams.
Learning Outcomes:
1. Understanding of the main factors that maintain PTSD
2. Understanding of the main treatment components of the cognitive model for PTSD
3. Understanding of the current evidence base for TFCBT
4. Understanding of how to integrate TFCBT into routine clinical practice
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In U.K. figures approximately 26% of those who commit suicide have been in contact with the mental health service. This presentation reviews statistics relating to these people and discusses how risk may be assessed, particularly regarding the relationship between historical and current risk factors. It also examines how current risk factors may be modified, both individually and in groups, to reduce the risk of suicide.
Learning Outcomes:
1. Review U.K. figures in relation to suicide, including statistics regarding diagnosis, methods, timing and mental state.
2. Understand the principles involved in assessing risk, both historical and current.
3. Understand how current risk factors may be managed in order to reduce risk.
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This module aims to discuss the current knowledge of the relationship between cardio-vascular disease and psychiatric disorders, and to present practical information for psychiatrists around the recognition of risk factors, symptoms, and signs of common cardio-vascular disorders in psychiatric patients, and in particular the associated ECG changes.
Learning Outcomes:
1. To understand the relationship between psychiatric disorders and cardio-vascular disorders
2. To recognise the risk of heart disease in psychiatric patients
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The issue of decriminalisation of cannabis is a complex one. This presentation reviews the international experience of varying degrees of decriminalisation and legalization and also some of the difficulties encountered in interpreting the outcomes, particularly when the change in legislation is not accompanied by an increase in health resources. It also reviews the effect cannabis use may have on young people and explores what is required before a decision to decriminalise is made.
Learning Outcomes:
1. Understand patterns of cannabis use and review international strategies and treaties in relation to its use
2. Understand principles and terminology underlying the concept of decriminalisation
3. Understand the experience of other countries and the complexities involved in interpreting outcomes
4. Understand the impact of cannabis use on adolescent users
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This module aims to discuss the methodology of early detection and treatment of individuals at high risk of mental illness, with specific reference to young people at ultra-high risk of schizophrenia.
Learning Outcomes:
1. To understand the risk and vulnerability factors for psychosis
2. To identify those individuals who are at risk for psychosis
3. To apply this in a clinical setting and to know what assessment and management strategies are appropriate to achieve the best possible outcomes for this population
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Psychiatric advance directives (PAD) aim to assist a mental health service user indicate treatment preferences to be applied when unwell. They are significantly more complex instruments than advance directives in general healthcare. This presentation will outline the features of PADs and explore their feasibility in the Irish context.
Learning Outcomes:
1. An understanding of the background and development of PAD
2. Requirements for an acceptable PAD
3. Exploring the potential and pitfalls of PADs in the Irish mental health context
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The presentation aims to provide an understanding of cyberbullying, its prevalence and the many forms it takes among children and adolescents. It will explore also the risk factors and motives involved and the serious mental health effects which it has. In addition based on our current knowledge it will outline best practice in relation to prevention and intervention of cyberbullying among children and adolescents.
Learning Outcomes:
1. Understand the nature of cyberbullying
2. Understand the risk factors associated with cyberbullying
3. Understand the impact of cyberbullying on the mental impact of children and adolescents
4. Understand the factors needed for effective prevention and intervention of cyberbullying
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This lecture discusses the interface between psychiatry and the Law – legal report writing.
The author advises on screening referrals, identifying how to decide if a referral fits your particular expertise. He gives tips on pre-assessment preparation, and advises on the thorny issues of consent and confidentiality in this context. Practical consideration of the structure and format of the court report itself is followed by an expert’s view of the role of an expert witness. Relevant legal principles and documents are noted, as are possible changes that may occur with law reform. Finally, the author gives us the benefit of his hindsight with some more tips based on his experience of report writing.
1. Register with data protection committee
2. Legal cover
3. Never proof read at night
4. Stick to past tense for interview and mental state
5. Present tense for your opinion
6. Medical records or present tense.
Learning Outcomes:
1. Instructions on ‘Taking Instructions’
2. Issues of Consent and Confidentiality when writing reports
3. How to prepare a report for court
4. Advice on being an Expert Witness
5. Accountability as an expert witness
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In psychiatry, drug treatment is the therapeutic mainstay for schizophrenia. Nobody disputes the importance of early detection and treatment by drugs and social interventions of people at risk of psychosis. Nonetheless, there is no clear-cut definition of what constitutes remission in psychosis, as symptomatic remission may not coincide with functional remission. Failure to attain functional remission, frequently manifest in continuing social withdrawal or the non-achievement of vocational milestones is often a continuation of poor pre-morbid functioning that can remain resistant to drug treatment and CBT.
This state of affairs does not surprise the psychoanalyst who differently understands the persistence or ‘indestructability’ of psychotic symptomatology, positive or negative. Positive symptoms, despite their evident psychopathological and often alarming presentation, represent an attempt at recovery, a form of ‘meaning-making’ in the face of what we name the Lacanian Real. Negative symptoms such as perplexity, poverty of speech and thought disorder, indicate that the psychotic’s encounter with the Real is less mediated. Jacques Lacan (1901 – 1981) proposed that the struggle with the Real is at the heart of subjectivity. The difference between, on the one hand, a science of the universal where a patient is diagnosed as suffering from schizophrenia and, on the other hand, a science of the particular where someone who speaks schizophrenically is encouraged to speak to a highly specialized listener should be worthy of our attention.
Learning Outcomes:
1. A psychoanalytic understanding of the certainty of the delusion, the purpose it serves and its psychopathology
2. An understanding of the complications attached to the social bond in psychosis and implications for the therapeutic relationship
3. An understanding of the concept of the Real
4. Possible models for psychoanalytic treatment within the mental health service.
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In a consideration of expressed emotion and stress, this lecture looks at the link between the brain and stress and also its relevance to schizophrenia. It begs the questions: What is expressed emotion and can we influence it, and how will that inform practice.
A study of social stress investigates the effect on the amygdala of city living, and we consider how this and other psychosocial stressors could prime sensitised dopamine systems in schizophrenia to cause relapse. If we could unprime the system what interventions would we use to do this?
This leads us look at stress research, family communication and mastering problem solving. We look at BFT (behavioural family therapy) and in particular the Meriden Family Programme, and the author shares his personal experience with this model.
The important aspects of family intervention are noted – therapeutic alliance, information sharing and support. Finally, helpful advice is offered on how to develop this approach within a service structure.
Learning Outcomes:
1. Understanding the biological basis for the link between stress and relapse in schizophrenia.
2. The psychiatrist’s journey in trying to engage with families of people with schizophrenia.
3. Current perspectives on what works to reduce stress and EE for families, and how to mould it for your service structure.
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Rehabilitation Medicine and Psychiatry specialties interface when the patient develops one of a range of common mood disorders but also when psychosis and bi polar disorders develop after brain injury. Effective rehabilitation depends on the patient being able to engage with their rehabilitation programme. Psychiatry is therefore an essential part of effective rehabilitation. This presentation will address the experience gained with a supportive psychiatric service at NRH and Beaumont and how that service might be structured in Ireland.
Learning Outcomes:
1. Challenges the psychiatrist faces in treating patients with severe disability.
2. The structure and function of an Acquired Brain Injury Neurobehaviour clinic.
3. Acquired Brain Injury Agitation – Do rehabilitation medicine specialists/geriatricians and psychiatrists see it and solve it differently.
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This is a concise practical review of the most commonly used antipsychotic medications. Dr Kenny revises the main points in history, neurochemistry and therapeutic effects of antipsychotics. He also summarizes the primary potential adverse effects of antipsychotics and how to monitor and manage them effectively.
Learning Outcomes:
1. Improved knowledge on medications currently being used in clinical practice
2. Awareness of the side effect profiles and adverse effects of neuroleptic medication
3. Clinical use of Neuroleptic medication in treating non – psychotic illnesses.
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In his recent Hearing Voices: The History of Psychiatry in Ireland Professor Brendan Kelly writes: ‘In the early twentieth century, the pre-eminent intellectual movement of the day, psychoanalysis, conspicuously failed to grab the imagination of psychiatrists in Ireland as much as it did elsewhere ..’ (p. 170) This presentation proposes that this was a missed opportunity but that today something of crucial importance for psychiatric practice in Ireland in the early twenty-first century can be gained from attending to the findings of psychoanalysis with confidence that it can provide an understanding of and a clinical technique for the handling of aspects of mental life of patients and practitioners that otherwise escape attention and care. The presentation invites psychiatric practitioners to consider the assumptions regarding psychopathology that inform and direct practice, what it is that concerns us in the work that we do and what it is that has us engaged in this kind of work.
Learning Outcomes:
1. Recognition of the difference between the psychoanalytic account of mental functioning and the other accounts (psychological, biological, developmental) with particular focus on the concept of unconscious mental functioning
2. Engagement with the question of the consequences for the practitioner in their practice of either taking on or refusing the psychoanalytic account
3. Consideration of assumptions on the part of the practitioner regarding the relation between the normal and the pathological
4. Ability to consider the psychoanalytic thesis that mental life is intimately connected to the realm of the sexual in both psychopathology and the ‘normal’
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This module examines the epidemiology, aetiology and diagnostic indicators of dementia in Down Syndrome. Evidence based biological treatment and psychosocial management are discussed with reference to relevant literature. Practical tips for assessing and managing behavioural disturbances are offered.
Learning Outcomes:
1. Diagnosis of dementia in people with Intellectual disability
2. How to manage the psychiatric and behavioural sequelae of dementia in people with intellectual disability
3. To gain an understanding of some of the complex issues involved such as the communication of diagnosis, capacity for treatment and end of life issues
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This talk is particularly pitched at those Consultant Psychiatrists who see people with intellectual disability intermittently as part of their practice.
This module firstly provides a comprehensive overview of the aetiology, epidemiology and diagnosis of intellectual disability. This is followed by practical guidance about how to approach an assessment for mental illness in people with intellectual disability and useful resources are referenced. The assessment and management of problem behaviour is also discussed.
Learning Outcomes:
Knowledge
– Know how to define intellectual disability and associated conditions
– Know the aetiology and the prevalence of intellectual disability of different severities
– Know best practice in assessment and treatment of mental illness
Skills
– Communication strategies with people with ID
– Assessment of psychiatric disorder in people with intellectual disability
– Treatment of psychiatric disorder in people with intellectual disability
Attitudes
– Recognise vulnerability of people with ID
– Onus to maximise communication
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(Approved by CPsychI for 1 External or Internal CPD credit)
In this presentation Dr O’Driscoll defines traumatic brain injury and explores its epidemiology, classification, and different syndromes associated with it. He also describes the psychiatric sequelae of traumatic brain injury and how we can diagnose and manage them.
Learning Outcomes:
– Types of brain injury
– The clinicopathological relationship of brain injury
– Rehabilitation focus
– Medico-legal issues
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This presentation will outline the different scenarios in which a psychiatric occupational assessment may be requested and the different approaches appropriate for each. Various psychiatric conditions will be discussed in relation to their likelihood of rendering a patient temporarily or more permanently disabled. The role of credibility assessment will be explored.
Learning Outcomes:
– Know the different contexts regarding Occupational Assessment
– Differentiate between short-term and long-term Disability
– Know the likelihood of disability for different conditions
– Appreciate the importance of credibility assessment
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In this video, Dr Harte presents a succinct account of gender dysphoria. Dr Harte discusses the transcultural aspects, classification systems and historical development of the disorder. Dr Harte also touches on the epidemiology of the disorder with emphasis on the diagnostic paradigm and treatment paradigm shifts.
Learning Outcomes:
– An understanding of the changing prevalence of gender variance in populations around the world
– An understanding of the diagnostic paradigms shift in gender dysphoria
– An understanding of current clinical assessment and management guidelines for people with gender dysphoria
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This talk looks at community- and clinic-based research on psychotic experiences, psychotic symptoms and psychosis risk syndromes. It describes a systematic approach to assessing (attenuated and full threshold) psychotic symptoms, and discusses the clinical significance and management of psychosis risk syndromes.
Learning Outcomes:
– Understand the clinical significance of psychotic experiences in the community and in the clinic
– Be able to apply a structured approach to your assessment of psychotic symptoms (SOCRATES)
– Know the different types of psychosis risk syndromes
– Know about treatment approaches for psychosis risk syndromes
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Dementia is a commonly encountered condition in old age psychiatry. This video presentation describes the definition, prevalence and types of dementias. It gives an overview of basic assessment of dementia in the general population and how to apply this method of assessment to patients with an existing mental illness. Various useful screening and assessment tools are introduced. This presentation also discusses treatment approaches for patients with dementia and highlights their various care needs.
Learning Outcomes:
1. Understand what is dementia, its various types and prevalence.
2. Understand the assessment process for dementia diagnosis including history taking, imaging, biochemical testing and use of assessment tools.
3. Understand types of cognitive deficits in mental illness.
4. Learn about various pharmacological and non-pharmacological treatments for dementia.
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In this talk Dr O’Donovan gives a comprehensive account of the symptomatology of Parkinson’s Disease and how psychiatrists can help identify and manage Parkinson’s Disease patients. He also discusses the presentation of different psychiatric disorders in the context of Parkinson’s Disease and the up-to-date therapeutic interventions.
Learning Outcomes:
1. Enumerate early non-motor symptoms of Parkinson’s Disease
2. Identify signs and symptoms suggestive of Parkinson’s Disease and initiate treatment before referring patients on to neurologists
3. Familiarize oneself with the presentation and epidemiology of different psychiatric disorders in the context of Parkinson’s Disease including psychotic, mood and anxiety disorders
4. Effectively instigate biopsychosocial treatment plans for different psychiatric disorders in the context of Parkinson’s Disease including psychotic, mood and anxiety disorders
5. Describe the current evidence-base status for different antipsychotics used in treatment of Parkinson’s Disease Dementia
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We will focus on the epidemiology of severe obesity as well as some of the therapeutic options available for affected patients. We will examine some of the environmental factors driving the problem and consider why some people are more prone than others to develop complications from obesity.
Learning Outcomes:
1. Describe the epidemiology of obesity as a complex problem in Ireland and globally
2. Describe the pros and cons of population-based measures in tackling obesity and similar public health problems
3. Enumerate effective methods for management and prevention of obesity in terms of life style, medications, and surgical approaches
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Psychiatrists have historically been trained with an emphasis on risk assessment, management and documentation in relation to self-harm and suicide prevention. How much attention is given to the role of stigma, understanding the lived experiences of people in deep distress, instilling hope, promoting wellbeing and helping them to resist acting on their thoughts of suicide? Suicide is preventable and we need a new narrative away from characterising, quantifying, and managing risk, and place greater focus upon compassion, safeguarding and safety planning.
Additionally early identification, intervention and promoting less harmful ways to cope with distress when people self-harm can reduce the likelihood of such a coping mechanism becoming well established and entrenched. Every person experiencing suicidal thoughts and/or who self-harms needs compassion, to be taken seriously and supported to co-produce a Safety Plan to empower them to build their wellbeing, resilience and resourcefulness. People at risk of suicide can be supported to self-manage by the co-production of a Safety Plan which will include all the strategies they find useful, ways to make their situation safer by removal of means for suicide and all their chosen sources of support should they become distressed.
Learning Outcomes:
1. Have an understanding of suicidal behaviour and suicide mitigation, which will help them to challenge the stigma about suicide and encourage an empathetic approach with people experiencing suicidal thoughts
2. Have an understanding of the latest epidemiology and research thinking on suicide
3. Have an understanding of the lived experience of people who feel that life is not worth living
4. Have an understanding of the key steps that organisation can take to improve their approach to suicide prevention
5. Understand the difference between the terms risk management and risk mitigation and the need for a more realistic approach to reducing risk
6. Understand how to promote a greater role of communities and non MH specialists in suicide prevention
7. Understand the importance of creating a common language between all service providers when describing the nature and intent of suicidal thoughts
8. Understand the importance of compassion at every point the health and social care systems and the positive impact on patient outcomes
9. Understand the importance of co-producing a safety plan for every person who is experiencing suicidal thoughts or following self-harm
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The presentation will outline the prevalence of Deer Ticks & Lyme disease in Ireland and its growing importance to mental health. Psychiatric presentations are considered with a case example. Difficulties and pitfalls in recognition, screening and investigation will be considered.
Learning Outcomes:
 – Awareness of Tick borne conditions in Ireland
– Recognising signs of early and late infection in mental health care
– Knowledge of difficulties in investigation and diagnosis
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Lyme Disease is not only probably more common in Ireland than suspected but also under-diagnosed when symptoms or complications present. It may also demonstrate neurological and/or psychiatric symptoms mimicking other disorders. This presentation explores Lyme Disease, its detection and management.
Learning Outcomes:
– Describe the initial symptoms of Lyme Disease and the life cycle of its causative bacterium.
– Identify the signs, symptoms and complications of Lyme Disease and initiate timely and appropriate referral.
– Enumerate the different neuropsychiatric presentations of Lyme Disease and their prevalence.
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(Approved by CPsychI for 1 External or Internal CPD credit)
This presentation will provide a clinical update for psychiatrists in the assessment and management of bipolar disorder. Areas will include the clinical boundaries of the disorder, recent developments in understanding its aetiopathogenesis, and management strategies including pharmacotherapeutic and non-pharmacological treatments.
Learning Outcomes:
(i) understand the current clinical criteria for the diagnosis of bipolar disorder and its interface with related conditions;
(ii) be aware of recent clinical research developments into the underlying neurobiology of the illness;
(iii) understand the options for pharmacotherapeutic interventions for the different phases of the illness.
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(Approved by CPsychI for 1 External or Internal CPD credit)
Prof Dinneen’s presentation provides an overview of the management of diabetes, both at the population and the individual patient level. The concept of a national health system model for diabetes care and its applicability in Ireland is discussed. The different medications and educational programmes used in management of Type 2 Diabetes are considered, along with discussion of the psychological barriers to managing Type 1 Diabetes, particularly in young people.
Learning Outcomes:
1. Describe the challenges of setting up a national diabetes health care system in Ireland.
2. Describe the updated epidemiology for associations of diabetes with mental disorders in terms of prevalence and morbidity and mortality rates.
3. Describe the up-to-date modern therapeutic approaches to type 2 diabetes.
4. Enumerate most common complications of type 2 diabetes and their association with comorbid mental illness.
5. Outline new approaches in young adult (type 1) diabetes and psychological barriers to self-management of diabetes.
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Dr Doherty speaks about the potential and opportunities psychiatrists have, in terms of improving survival of their diabetes patients. Her presentation includes the epidemiology of diabetes and mental illness co-morbidities, and an account of the importance of optimal management of diabetes and psychiatric disorders with reference to new research. Dr Doherty also presents the recently updated joint JBDS/RCPsych treatment guidelines.
Learning Outcomes:
1. Describe the role of psychiatrists in effectively lowering mortality from diabetes.
2. Highlight the current trends in epidemiology for associations of diabetes with mental disorders in terms of prevalence and morbidity and mortality rates.
3. Enumerate potential psychological barriers to self-management of diabetes, particularly in young adults.
4. Compare and contrast modern care models for mental health and diabetes care.
5. Describe the current guidelines in management of comorbid diabetes and psychiatric disorders.
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This e-Module gives a highlight on chronic kidney disease; its definition and how renal function is measured. It also describes in detail how lithium harms the renal function and how to monitor it during lithium treatment. Furthermore, it gives clear guidance on how to assess lithium toxicity, how to evaluate the risk and benefits of drugs co-prescribed alongside lithium and when to decide to discontinue lithium treatment.
Learning Outcomes:
1. Describe the main clinical features and laboratory findings of chronic kidney disease
2. Describe the molecular mechanisms of lithium nephrotoxicity
3. Interpret laboratory findings related to renal functions in patients on lithium treatment
4. Better able to deal with its complications and to decide when to stop it
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This e-Module gives a highlight on the most recent criteria for classification of eating disorders. The e-Module describes in detail how to differentiate between the common eating disorders encountered both in community and general hospital settings. The e-Module also provides a focus on comprehensive risk assessment in eating disorders and approaches for their management.
Learning Outcomes:
1. Describe the main clinical features of eating disorders
2. Describe the symptoms and signs of Avoidant Restrictive Food Intake Disorder
3. Differentiate between eating disorders and Autistic Spectrum Disorder and Emotionally Unstable Personality Disorder
4. Outline co-morbid presentation of Eating Disorder with Autistic Spectrum Disorder, EUPD and GI Disorders
5. Assess various risks related to different eating disorders
6. Highlight management approaches to different eating disorders
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(Approved by CPsychI for 1 External or Internal CPD credit)
It is estimated that almost 200,000 people in Ireland will experience an eating disorder at some point in their lives. Anorexia nervosa has the highest mortality rate of all mental health disorders, with a peak age of onset in adolescence. This presentation includes an update on DSM V classification categories for eating disorders, an overview of psychiatric co-morbidities,  and the recognition and management of acute and chronic medical risk in children and adolescents.
Learning Outcomes:
1. Describe the main clinical features of childhood eating disorders according to DSM V.
2. Describe psychiatric comorbidities in childhood eating disorders.
3. Enumerate the acute and chronic medical risks associated with eating disorders in children.
4. Highlight management strategies for eating disorders in children.
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(Approved by CPsychI for 1.5 External or Internal CPD credits)
This e-Module gives a comprehensive account on the scope of General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and how it impacts everyday clinical practice. It also expands on the core principles of GDPR and how to properly store, handle, and erase sensitive health information data. It also explains how GDPR affects conduction of clinical audit and clinical research.
Learning Outcomes:
1. Describe what the new General Data Protection Regulation means and the powers it gave to the Data Protection regulatory authorities
2. Enumerate the five main GDPR requirements with the biggest impact on the HSE
3. Define precisely what personal data means under the General Data Protection Regulation
4. Describe the process of obtaining consent before processing personal data
5. Identify what a data protection breach is and when and to whom it is to be notified
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This e-Module gives a practical account of how to correctly diagnose and manage patients with borderline personality disorder. It also touches on the theoretical underpinnings of how borderline personality disorder develops and how to use that therapeutically in every-day interaction with patients.
Learning Outcomes:
1. Describe what is the diagnostic criteria required for borderline personality disorder diagnosis.
2. Enumerate evidence-based therapeutic approaches for treatment of borderline personality disorder.
3. Identify maladaptive defence mechanisms in patients with borderline personality disorder.
4. Describe the dynamics in operation when dealing with emotional crises of patients with borderline personality disorder.
5. Identify and correct the common pitfalls of managing borderline personality disorder patients in the community mental health setting.
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(Approved by CPsychI for 1 External or Internal CPD credit)
This presentation is a summary for Psychiatrists likely to be presented with Gambling Disorder in their daily practice. The presentation will address the current epidemiology, aetiology, common presentations, treatment and future directions.
Learning Outcomes:
1. The evidence for gambling disorder as a medical illness.
2. Current diagnostic classification.
3. Treatment approaches.
4. Future directions.
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(Approved by CPsychI for 1 External or Internal CPD credit)
The WHO included a category of Gaming Disorder in ICD 11 in 2018. There was not universal agreement with this plan. There is near universal acknowledgement that technology has had a significant impact on how we live our lives. Should we be concerned about Gaming? Dr. McCarney presents some points to consider.
Learning Outcomes:
1. Describe the main clinical and epidemiological features of disordered gaming.
2. Enumerate the potential risks associated with excessive online gaming.
3. Describe the treatment modalities effective in ameliorating effects on excessive online gaming.
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(Approved by CPsychI for 1 External or Internal CPD credit)
This presentation examines the history of plagues, epidemics and pandemics as they pertain to psychiatry in Ireland. It also looks at what is known about Covid-19 and psychiatry at present (June 2020) and likely directions for future developments.
Learning Outcomes:
1. To understand key facts about the history of epidemics and pandemics in Ireland
2. To identify the current psychiatric impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, insofar as it is known
3. To understand the possible implications of Covid-19 for psychiatry over future months and years
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(Approved by CPsychI for 1 External or Internal CPD credit)
This e-Module gives a practical account of systemic issues related to running an effective psychiatric service in Emergency Department. The e-Module describes the principles and policies behind the National Clinical Programme in the Management of Self Harm. The module also describes the importance of interdisciplinary policy development in optimizing psychiatric care pertinent to the Emergency Department.
Learning Outcomes:
1. Describe the systemic issues relevant to the role of psychiatrist in the Emergency Department.
2. Gain knowledge about the National Clinical Programme in the Management of Self Harm in the Emergency Department (2014).
3. Understand the importance of interdisciplinary policy development in optimizing psychiatric care in Emergency Department.
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(Approved by CPsychI for 2 External or Internal CPD credits)
This e-Module gives a practical account of how to safely prescribe psychotropic medications. It covers the definition of polypharmacy, its types, and how to prevent and manage it in the psychiatric setting. It also gives a comprehensive theoretical and practical review of drug-drug interactions and how to prevent and manage them effectively.
Learning Outcomes:
1. Define polypharmacy in psychiatric setting.
2. Enumerate the different types of polypharmacy.
3. Identify the serious drug-drug interactions that occur in psychiatric setting.
4. Describe the different types of drug-drug interactions.
5. Describe management strategies towards drug-drug interactions in psychiatric setting.
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(Approved by CPsychI for 1 External or Internal CPD credit)
This e-Module gives a clinical update on COVID 19, paying particular attention to the historical context of global pandemics, the accompanying mental, physical, emotional and economic suffering and the relationship to depression. (Recorded July 2020)
Learning Outcomes:
1. Describe the relationship between inflammation and depression and how it applies to chronic fatigue syndrome/myalgia encephalomyelitis ME, and sickness behaviour.
2. Explain the transmission of COVID 19 virus.
3. Enumerate the neurological mechanisms of COVID 19.
4. Describe the psychiatrist role in ameliorating the adverse effects of Quarantine.
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(Approved by CPsychI for 1 External or Internal CPD credit)
Psychiatry always appears to many to be in crisis.  In inner Dublin that sense is probably most closely identified with the provision of mental healthcare to homeless, along with intoxicant misusing, people.   This talk aims to shed light on this landscape.
Learning Outcomes:
i) To understand the rationale for and evolution of specialist MHS for homeless people in Dublin and beyond
ii) To understand the activity levels of the Programme for the Homeless in recent years
iii) To understand the wider context of homeless census trends and health/social care spending by the state
iv) To understand options for the way forward for mental healthcare for Dublin homeless people
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This eModule uses real-life case scenarios to give an overall account of how to effectively learn from experience of managing COVID-19 in its acute and ‘long’ form. The presentation also covers organisational management in terms of delivering effective mental health services during the COVID-19 crisis.
Learning Outcomes:
1. Gain an understanding of typical and atypical clinical Covid presentations with particular reference to older persons.
2. Gain an understanding of Medical Management of Covid in residential mental health services.
3. Factors for effective Organisational Management of Covid Outbreak.
4. Gain an understanding of the experience of maintaining the delivery of Acute Mental Health Services during the first Covid Wave.
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Dr Delargy’s talk reflects on how clinicians have coped during the pandemic and outlines a range of measures that can help to minimise the risk of becoming overwhelmed or burned out. She draws on her Practitioner Health service experience of listening to clinicians in distress and helping to guide them back to full functioning and good self care.
Learning Outcomes:
1. Enumerate the reasons for poor adherence of health practitioners to general health and wellbeing guidance.
2. Describe how physicians’ burnout can be brought about by a range of factors related to work environment and the ‘rescuers and fixers’ personality style.
3. Explain what is meant by the term ‘psychological PPE’ within the context of healthcare delivery during the COVID-19 pandemic.
4. Describe how and when to seek help for mental and physical health issues.
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Prof Shanahan discusses the changing nature of the doctor-patient relationship, with emphasis on the need to reform or abandon much of the language of medicine. He shows the distancing and stigmatising effects of disease-speak, in contrast to the illness words that concern patients. He also shows how bad language corrupts logic, turns people into patients, and how bad language becomes bad medicine. The talk also provides practical suggestions for a way forward.
Learning Outcomes:
1. To list examples of how language can turn people into patients
2. To discuss the hidden distancing and stigmatising effects of medical language
3. To explain how words can corrupt logic
4. To understand how to behave with the ill
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