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Image courtesy of TheDyslexicBook.com The HSE has said that more training is needed for health care professionals in adult psychiatry working in the area of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), writes Mark O’Flynn on RTE.ie It comes after a charity which provides supports for people with ADHD said that around 200,000 people are affected by the […]
Unpaid and unheralded, those who care at home for their loved ones urgently need our support, writes Dr John Hillery in the Sunday Independent The recent RTE Prime Time special on ‘Carers in Crisis’ caused much comment and empathy. However, carers don’t want empathy or sympathy or admiration. They just want a little help. Our […]
Sympathy and admiration are all very well – but that is not what Ireland’s 200,000 carers need, says Brendan O’Connor This article was published on the Irish Independent on 10/12/17. Imagine wishing your own child would die. Imagine wishing they would die before you. Imagine if you prayed for that every single day. Imagine if […]
Application for the July 2018 intake to Higher Specialist Training in Psychiatry is now closed. All relevant information and application documentation is available to view/download via the links below. For further information on “Streamlined Training” please refer to the College’s Regulations – July 2017 for Basic and Higher Specialist Training. The closing date for receipt of all HST […]
Current research suggests that over 1 in 100 people may be on the autistic spectrum. However Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is largely misunderstood as people with ASD have an increased risk of psychiatric illness but only 50% having intellectual disability. The College of Psychiatrists of Ireland are today running an Autism Seminar on pathways of care/service for adults with Autism Spectrum […]
College of Psychiatrists highlights alcohol’s role in completed and attempted suicides and mental health difficulties as it calls for full support of the Public Health (Alcohol) Bill for discussion in the Senate today. Alcohol is at the heart of a great deal of mental health problems in Ireland. Psychiatrists and mental health professionals witness at […]
The Public Health (Alcohol) Bill will return to the Seanad for debate tomorrow after the legislation was stalled for over a year reported the Irish Times last week. “The legislation was stalled in the Oireachtas last year due to a number of concerns raised by Fine Gael TDs and Senators, in particular about the requirement […]
A Seanad report laying bare the underfunded state of children’s mental health services has been welcomed by support groups who said its recommendations must be implemented. This article was written by Noel Baker and published in the Irish Examiner on Thursday, 18th October 2017. The Seanad Public Consultation Committee Report on Children’s Mental Health […]
Funding falls far short of international norms, says College of Psychiatrists. This article was published in the Irish Times on 14th October 2017 Anne Foley (54) describes feeling “absolutely worthless” in a hospital emergency department when her mood so low she could hardly speak. Having told a doctor she could “no longer live this life”, she […]
The direct provision system worsens and adds to asylum seekers distress and must be replaced. An article published in the Irish Times recently highlighted the need to ameliorate the direct provision system calling it broken and dangerous to those in a uniquely vulnerable position. “Asylum seekers by definition live in limbo. In a new, unfamiliar […]