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Dr Anne Doherty, Consultant Liaison Psychiatrist at the Mater Hospital, Associate Professor of Psychiatry at UCD and chair of the Faculty of Liaison Psychiatry at the College of Psychiatrists of Ireland writes for TheJournal.ie about how emergency departments are drowning under the additional pressure of increased mental healthcare need during COVID-19. Read excerpts from the […]
Dr Mary Kelly, Consultant Psychiatrist in Intellectual Disability and Dr Maria Dunne, Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist, this week wrote to The Irish Times to highlight the continuing closure of respite and day services for people with intellectual disabilities during the COVID-19 pandemic. Unable to access these vital programmes, and without their normal routines and social […]
On Today with Miriam O’Callaghan, Consultant Psychiatrist Prof Brendan Kelly discussed many aspects of ASD: diagnoses, supports needed, societal attitudes and more. Adam Harris, Chief Executive of AsIAm and member of the College Autism Special Interest Group also discussed the social benefits of an autism diagnosis and the barriers to services a diagnosis can create. Listen […]