In her new column, Prof Gabrielle Colleran writes it is time for serious action to save innocent lives in Gaza

Gabrielle Ní Challaráin Dr Afif EL Khuffash Medical Aid for Palestinians #FreePalestine

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Fabulous to be at the re-opening of the College of Psychiatrists by Mary Butler TD College of Psychiatrists of Ireland ! Positives and positivity! Lots of UCD representation too Elizabeth Barrett Anne Doherty

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:

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Happy 15 year’s ‘birthday’ to the College of Psychiatrists of Ireland 🥳

I’m delighted to attend & speak on
‘Equality, Diversity & Inclusion in Medicine’
Medical Council

With 44% of psychiatrists graduating outside Ireland & >50% of psychiatrists r women,
they are well placed to lead in #EDI

It was an honour to be Keynote speaker at today’s Symposium on The Healing Environment in Psychiatry at St Jan Baptist Unit, Ghent, Belgium. Models and designs to promote #recovery @eufami National Forensic Mental Health Service (NFMHS) Mary Butler TD College of Psychiatrists of Ireland School of Medicine IAFMHS @ProfHarryKennedy

#socialinclusion and #mentalhealth parallel session with the wonderful Cliona Ni Cheallaigh & 🌬 Eileen Corroon
Really inspiring exploration of the barriers to care experienced by people who are homeless

Fabulous parallel session at #psychconf of College of Psychiatrists of Ireland on Traveller mental heath. Speakers from Involve Youth Meath and ExchangeHouseIreland describing really impactful interventions

We're off to a great start this morning for the CPsychI Spring Conference 2024. Read the full text of College President Dr Lorcan Martin's speech here: irishpsychiatry.ie/blog/full-spee…

Enjoying the erudite, very thoughtful & thought-provoking talk by dinesh bhugra of Royal College of Psychiatrists at the College of Psychiatrists of Ireland #psychconf on the topic of racism and othering.

Great to see continued work by ICAPSS in the space of #simulationbasededucation

#SimulationInHealthcare

Great to see the launch of the #Diversity in #Psychiatry SIG of the College of Psychiatrists of Ireland. Ably led by Dr Abigail Akin-Laguda and Dr Zetti Azvee. Impressed by all the work which has been done to get it to this point, and Dr Akin-Lagude work over recent years as a CPsychITrainee

Join us for the 4th Annual Suicide & Self-Harm Research Workshop on Wednesday May 8th!

▶️Keynote lecture by Tiago C. Zortea
▶️Early & Mid career researcher presentations

Registration: forms.office.com/e/iQznk2zWFY

Thank you to everyone who submitted an abstract.

#ConnectingforLife

Scholarships for Forensic Psychiatry Research summer school Italy 2024 open today. Deadline 10th May 24. Training in research and medicolegal skills for all psychiatrists. Email on flyer for application CPsychITrainee Anne Doherty @ProfHarryKennedy CAMH College of Psychiatrists of Ireland

Take advantage of our conference offers for European Psychiatric Association - European Congress of Psychiatry Conference until 9th May. Apply code 101995 at checkout.

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More people will die if we don’t do something about the number of beds. Not everyone can be safely cared for in the community, even with the best of the intensive home treatment teams. bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

An extreme view on #AssistedSuicide #assisteddying

The writer states it would be “A good thing” if someone with “infirmity” felt they should end their life.

I don’t think such a baldly utilitarian view has been articulated for 80 years.

Is the mask slipping in this debate?

Matthew Parris says the quiet part out loud about euthanasia: “we simply cannot afford extreme senescence or desperate infirmity for as many such individuals as our society is producing.”

I am forever grateful to the Irish Cancer Society NCCP for funding much needed research in the area of psycho-oncology on the psychological distress caused by cancer COMFORT Trial
This #daffodilday know your money goes far! #wearyourdaff 🌼 💛