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Rethinking Mental Health in Ireland: Why Not a Trieste-Style Approach?

Mad in America

Irelands mental health policy landscape has evolved over the decades, with A Vision for Change (2006) and the more recent Sharing the Vision (2020) outlining ambitions for a recovery- oriented, community-based system. Institutional Inertia Healthcare systems are complex, and large-scale reforms often encounter bureaucratic resistance.

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Risk Factors for ADHD

Psychiatric Times

Healthcare providers must conduct comprehensive developmental and birth histories when evaluating ADHD, asking detailed questions about family behavioral patterns rather than simply inquiring about formal diagnoses, as older generations may have undiagnosed ADHD manifesting through impulsive behaviors, job instability, or recurrent accidents.

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Grace vs Shame

Dr. Deb

2) quizzes (3) read-aloud visits (3) resiliency (5) schizophrenia (4) screenings (1) SEL (1) self help booksteachers (1) self-care (9) self-esteem (18) service animals. (1) 3) trauma (39) trauma. (1) 1) traumatic injury (1) treatment (59) treatment. (1) 1) trends (30) triggers (2) violence (14) volunteering (1) well-being (92) well-being. (20)

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Will the Benzodiazepine Wars Ever End?

Psychiatric Times

HSOA Journal of Community Medicine and Public Healthcare. Oxford University Press; 2020. The benzodiazepine scandal; 60 years and counting. November 13, 2023. Accessed August 4, 2025. Peppin J, Raffa R, Pergolizzi J, Wright S. The Benzodiazepines Crisis: An Overview of the Down-side of an Overused Drug Class. 2011;106(12):2086-2109.

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Oxford-developed support for child anxiety to be adapted for families in Chile

Department of Psychiatry News

From local research to global impact The programmes journey from a research project to international implementation is a powerful example of how evidence-based healthcare can be translated into real-world benefits for the public.

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New OPM-MEG brain scanner installed at the Oxford Centre for Human Brain Activity (OHBA)

Department of Psychiatry News

Gender inequality linked to brain structure Moderate Drinking Linked to Brain Iron and Cognitive Decline First of its kind in UK - Innovative New Brain Health Centre First in Europe to acquire latest MEG Technology from MEGIN © 2025 Department of Psychiatry, Warneford Hospital, Oxford, OX3 7JX Freedom of Information Privacy Notice Copyright Statement (..)

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Study: Rise in ADHD Diagnoses Reflects Greater Education, Not Prevalence

ADDitude

1 The systematic review, led by a team of researchers from King’s College London , found no significant increase in ADHD prevalence rates among children and adults from 2020 to 2024 compared to earlier time periods. after 2020. The worldwide prevalence of ADHD in children before 2020 was between 5 and 7%. in Sweden to 10.5%