We remain very concerned for our lovely colleague, Manuela's, safety. Please, it would be greatly appreciated if people could continue to share. 🙏🙏
#MISSING #MISSING PERSON

Would appreciate likes and retweets! An extremely meaningful research project! RCSI RCSI School of Population Health SPHeRE PPI Ignite Network Ireland RCSI PPI Ignite

One of our anaesthetic colleagues Dr Manuela Afrasinei is missing, please share and contact the helpline listed if you have any information.
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📢 If you feel more should be done at a political level for mental health, your TDs need to know it's a voting issue for you.

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Nearly half of adolescent males with cannabis-induced psychosis develop a schizophrenia spectrum disorder within 3 years.

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Delighted to get findings out today. Lots more still to do to ensure equity and a better life for all in LGBTQI+ communities. Thanks to all the people who gave their time to complete survey and share their experiences.

The 2nd Episode of the IJPM podcast is out!

On developing an evidence base for #CrisisResolution #mentalhealth teams with Dr Karen O Connor & Dr Sean Crowley, hosted by our Trainee Editor Dr Mohamed Alsaffar

irishpsychiatry.ie/blog/ijpm-podc…

‘The emotional complexity of healthcare delivery is intensely stressful and rarely acknowledged or recognised’ well said! Dr Kate Kirk, RN

New review in Biological Psychiatry on how we can use electronic health records to improve real-world mental healthcare through precision psychiatry sciencedirect.com/science/articl… 🧵⬇️

.APC Microbiome Ireland and UCC Ireland scientist Prof John F. Cryan will feature in a new Netflix documentary on the fascinating world of gut health! Hack Your Health: Secrets of the Gut hits our screens this Friday, April 26th, highlighting the power of the microbiome and APC's research. 📺

This free online course is a great opportunity for caregivers to learn more about psychosis and schizophrenia. King's College London #MentalHealth

Ten design principles for developing psychological treatments for psychosis. Patients and practitioners should be able to notice these as they use the intervention too. Editorial in BJPsych Journals Oxford Psychiatry cambridge.org/core/journals/…

Early intervention in Psychosis teams& community addiction services do excellent work. Integration delivers care that is more than the sum of its parts. Mary Butler TD & Hildegarde Naughton especially supportive. HSE Ireland College of Psychiatrists of Ireland Karen O Connor #earlyintervention #goodnews

Psychosis team in Cork sees significant decrease in number of people using drugs and alcohol.

'In the 15 years I was working in the community, I've never reached those numbers. The statistics speak for themselves,' one expert said of the RISE model: jrnl.ie/6351532t

Fiona Coyle (Fiona Coyle), CEO of Mental Health Reform, spoke at the #PsychConf this morning on the deficits in mental health services and advocating for mental health investment.

I was delighted to be invited to speak about how Shine works to authentically ensure equality, diversity and inclusion in our work through all our programmes including our work in See Change and Headline - Supporting Media, Changing Attitudes. Thanks to College of Psychiatrists of Ireland for the invite.

Post doc position for large scale hrb funded project now open for applications to join my team. Using implementation science to support implementation of national mental health policy. Closing date 10th May. Pls RT. Rebecca Murphy Dr Sara Burke Colin Doherty Professor Jo-Hanna Ivers Karen O Connor

Denmark is increasing mental health funding by 20%. Why? Because it will reduce mortality and increase life expectancy, productivity and social cohesion ⁦Jim Chalmers MP⁩ ⁦Tim Pallas⁩ ⁦Mark Butler MP⁩ ⁦Ingrid Stitt MP⁩

'Demons were following me': Call to make HHC illegal. jrnl.ie/6342810

Great article with Irish research & lived experience. Highlights value of having access to an Early Intervention for Psychosis service.

College of Psychiatrists of Ireland Irish Journal of Psychological Medicine Early Intervention in Psychosis NCP Ireland HSE Ireland