Medicine
CPsychI congratulates Dr Cornelia Carey, winner of the John Dunne Medal 2015. Dr Carey, who is currently employed in St. James Hospital also sits on the CPsychI Trainee Committee. Dr Carey will also sit on this year’s judging panel for the Spike Milligan Public Speaking Competition. Dr Carey was selected as this year’s winner for her paper entitled […]
The Irish Journal of Psychological Medicine is delighted to release an article by E.A. Roch entitled ‘Anthropology and its relevance to psychiatry’ which has been made freely available to all, including non-members of the College. The paper is based on a presentation given by E.A. Roch to the AGM of the CPsychI on 4 March 2016 in Dublin. […]
CPD: Approved for 6 External CPD credits by the CPsychI Date: Friday 14th October 2016 Venue: Royal Marine Hotel, Dun Laoghaire, Co Dublin Registration: 08:30 – 09:00hrs Course Duration: 09:00 – 16:00hrs This is an EPA Academia CME Course for Senior Clinicians working with psychotraumatised population and those interested in psychotraumatology and will feature presentations from: Prof Tanja Franciškovic, Psychiatrist, […]
Dr Eric Kelleher, senior registrar in liaison psychiatry at St James’ Hospital and former Chairperson of the Trainee Committee within the College of Psychiatrists was awarded the 2016 Dr Richard Steevens’ fellowship. The Scholarship was developed and established by the HSE in 2007 and recognises specialist / senior registrars with strong track records in achievement. […]
The first of 5 university events centred on the topical theme “Framing Trauma: Conflict and Medicine” showcases the potential for the Arts to contribute to medicine Medfest, the medically themed one night film festival exploring medicine and psychiatry, has kicked off with its first Irish event of 2016 in the Royal College of Surgeons in […]
The following is a letter sent to the Irish Independent from Prof Brendan Kelly Sir – Your news report under the heading, ‘Mentally ill still forced to endure shock treatment,’ (Sunday Independent, 15 November), dealt with whether it should be possible for a person with impaired mental capacity to receive ECT without consent. Most mental […]