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COVID-19, Telemedicine and Emergency Department Referrals: Patient Presentations and Follow-up Times to a Community Mental Health Team

European Psychiatry, 2022
Introduction The COVID-19 pandemic caused changes to how healthcare services are utilised and delivered. Objectives We examine the impact of COVID-19 on the pattern of emergency patient presentations referred on to the community mental health team and ...
M. Zubir, J. Costello, A. Ali, C. Erwins, M. Cheasty, L. Judge   +5 more
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Risk of adverse outcome of COVID-19 among patients in secure psychiatric services: observational cohort study

BJPsych Open, 2021
Background Secure forensic mental health services treat patients with high rates of treatment-resistant psychoses. High rates of obesity and medical comorbidities are common.
Natasa Basrak, Naoise Mulcrone, Sue Sharifuddin, Zeshan Ghumman, Nirvana Bechan, Enas Mohamed, Michael Murray, Hariharan Rajendran, Sean Gunnigle, Mark Nolan, Tim Quane, Masashi Terao, Tracey Hoare, Kevin Kirrane, Harry G. Kennedy, Mary Davoren   +15 more
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COVID-19 in forensic psychiatry settings: The unique vulnerability of patients in secure services

European Psychiatry, 2021
Introduction Secure forensic mental health services treat patient with high rates of treatment resistant psychoses, typically schizophrenia. These groups have high rates of obesity and medical co-morbidities.
N. Basrak, N. Mulcrone, S. Sharifuddin, Z. Ghumman, N. Bechan, E. Mohamed, M. Murray, H. Rajendran, S. Gunnigle, M. Nolan, T. Quane, M. Terao, T. Hoare, K. Kirrane, H. Kennedy, M. Davoren   +15 more
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A tool to evaluate proportionality and necessity in the use of restrictive practices in forensic mental health settings: the DRILL tool (Dundrum restriction, intrusion and liberty ladders)

BMC Psychiatry, 2020
Background Prevention of violence due to severe mental disorders in psychiatric hospitals may require intrusive, restrictive and coercive therapeutic practices.
Harry G. Kennedy, Ronan Mullaney, Paul McKenna, John Thompson, David Timmons, Pauline Gill, Owen P. O’Sullivan, Paul Braham, Dearbhla Duffy, Anthony Kearns, Sally Linehan, Damian Mohan, Stephen Monks, Lisa McLoughlin, Paul O’Connell, Conor O’Neill, Brenda Wright, Ken O’Reilly, Mary Davoren   +18 more
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Modulation of excitatory and inhibitory systems in autism spectrum disorder: the role of cannabinoids

European Psychiatry, 2023
Introduction Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) includes a group of developmental disabilities characterized by patterns of delay and deviance in the development of social, communicative, cognitive skills and the presence of repetitive and stereotyped ...
S. Marini, L. D’Agostino, C. Ciamarra, A. Gentile   +3 more
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Stratification of a medium secure forensic care pathway according to risk and need: A study from dundrum hospital

European Psychiatry, 2021
Introduction Secure forensic mental health services have a dual role, to treat mental illness and reduce violent recidivism. Those admitted to secure forensic services have a significant history of violence and treatment needs in multiple domains ...
N. Basrak, Y. Khogali, R. Twomey, C. O’Leary, D. Prashant, M. Elhassan Elamin, H. Kennedy, M. Davoren   +7 more
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An exploration of service users’ experience of telehealth occupational therapy interventions in adult mental health services, Ireland, during COVID-19 [PDF]

Irish Journal of Occupational Therapy, 2022
Purpose – The COVID-19 pandemic transformed the delivery of occupational therapy (OT) community mental health services nationally, resulting in the rapid expansion and delivery of services through telehealth.
Karen Daly, Emer Isdell, Leona Moynihan, Kate O'Callaghan, Sonia O'Leary, Andrea Pepper, Yvonne Pennisi   +6 more
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Prospective observational cohort study of ‘treatment as usual’ over four years for patients with schizophrenia in a national forensic hospital

BMC Psychiatry, 2018
Background We evaluated change in response to multi-modal psychosocial ‘treatment as usual’ programs offered within a forensic hospital. Methods Sixty nine patients with a diagnosis of schizophrenia or schizoaffective disorder were followed for up to ...
Melanie S. Richter, Ken O’Reilly, Danny O’Sullivan, Padraic O’Flynn, Aiden Corvin, Gary Donohoe, Ciaran Coyle, Mary Davoren, Caroline Higgins, Orla Byrne, Tina Nutley, Andrea Nulty, Kapil Sharma, Paul O’Connell, Harry G. Kennedy   +14 more
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A comparison of eating disorder symptomatology, psychological distress and psychosocial function between early, typical and later onset anorexia nervosa

Journal of Eating Disorders, 2020
Objective Epidemiological studies suggest that the incidence of anorexia nervosa (AN) is increasing in younger populations, with some evidence that clinical differences occur according to age of onset (AOO), which may impact prognostic outcomes.
Zoe M. Jenkins, Lior M. Chait, Leonardo Cistullo, David J. Castle   +3 more
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The effectiveness of generic emails versus a remote knowledge broker to integrate mood management into a smoking cessation programme in team-based primary care: a cluster randomised trial

Implementation Science, 2021
Background Knowledge brokering is a knowledge translation approach that has been gaining popularity in Canada although the effectiveness is unknown.
Nadia Minian, Sheleza Ahad, Anna Ivanova, Scott Veldhuizen, Laurie Zawertailo, Arun Ravindran, Claire de Oliveira, Dolly Baliunas, Carol Mulder, Corneliu Bolbocean, Peter Selby   +10 more
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