PSI-STAR is a HRB PhD psychosis research & training programme @RCSI_Irl @tcddublin @ucddublin @nuigalway @QUBelfast @DCU.

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Joined May 2022
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A new RCSI study of 4,000 Irish teenagers found that high social media use, body dissatisfaction, and sexting are linked to poorer mental health. Girls reported poorer mental health than boys and higher levels of key risk markers. More ➡️ rcsi.com/dublin/news-and-eve… #RCSIdiscover
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Thank you to everyone who attended the Traveller mental health event that we run annually in Tralee with @KTHCDP. We launched a paper that recommends ways we might bridge the gap between the Traveller community and the mental health services they badly need access to.
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PPI representatives from the RCSI @psistar_study have collaborated with Brokentalkers on 'The Mirror Stage' - a work inspired by the lived experience of psychosis. It premieres at Project Arts Centre, Dublin (5–12 Nov) and The Everyman, Cork (18 Nov). ⬇️ brokentalkers.ie/whats-on/th…
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Really excited to have received a poster award @IEPAnetwork for our review on cardiometabolic outcomes in First-Episode Psychosis @MichaelJohnNor1 @KarOConnor @BNODonoghue Mary Clarke @psistar_study
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FutureNeuro supports The Mirror Stage by @Brokentalkers, developed with our PIs Prof David Cotter & Prof Mary Cannon and the @psistar_study programme, created with people with lived experience of psychosis to challenge stigma and deepen understanding: futureneurocentre.ie/futuren…
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Delighted to receive the oral poster presentation prize at the 10th Mediterranean Maudsley Forum for my paper (under review) on adolescent polysubstance use & psychopathology, using national #PlanetYouth data.
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The first session of our Spring #PsychConf, chaired by Prof David Cotter, covers the benefits of therapeutic communities as places for healing and recovery. John McKeon, Dr Eoin Galavan and Ciara Glynn outline plans for the development of Kyrie Farm.
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Our guideline for the use of metformin to prevent antipsychotic-induced weight gain has just been published in Schizophrenia Bulletin. Read the full paper here: academic.oup.com/schizophren… A 🧵of the key points
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HVNI Chairperson Owen O'Thuma and Vice Chair Harry Gijbels attended the Hearing Voices Conference in Athens this weekend, where Owen was one of the keynote speakers. They were Joined by UCC's Lydia Sapouna. There was a great turnout, and Owen's talk was very well received.
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The day has finally come. My third book manuscript entitled: Peer Support Work in Mental Health Services: Theory, Research, Policy and Practice has finally been submitted !!!! @MHER_Ire @michriann @routledgemh @GraceMcDEditor @MaryButlerTD @kerrymartha @DCU @atu_ie
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Delighted to be at @RCSI_Irl today for their #researchday2025 to present my poster on my early #PhD work which looks at a realist review protocol on the #MentalHealth #recovery model of CHIME #AcademicTwitter @MHER_Ire
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Professor Marta Di Forti - “head of the only NHS clinic treating psychosis in cannabis users has called for more specialist centres to open as she revealed staff are forced to turn patients away on a daily basis.” archive.is/2024.12.12-083416…
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A powerful day at the @psistar_study annual event, with impactful discussions on psychosis, social determinants of MH & the need to unite in making psychosis a policy priority. Delighted to share my poster on our current scoping review & huge thanks to @Cillmurry for her support!
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A fascinating 'PSI-STAR 3rd annual event' - ⚕️. Constructive PhD Research Presentations on the subject of #Psychosis - @RCSI_Irl . #Dublin #Ireland #Mentalhealth #Psycosis #Research #informingpolicy #irishelection #Politics . @psistar_study
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