Research

St Patrick's Mental Health Services, in conjunction with the TCD School of Psychiatry, has developed a vigorous and broad-based programme of clinical research.

The Research Dept of Psychiatry is headed by Prof. Declan McLoughlin, Research Professor of Psychiatry at Trinity College Dublin.

Current Projects

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AMBER-Dep: Autobiographical Memory and Depression

The AMBER-Dep: Autobiographical Memory and Depression study aims to investigate the effects of depression and its treatment on memory function.

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The KARMA-Dep Trial

The KARMA-Dep Trial will investigate whether patients recover more quickly from depression with ketamine rather than with a placebo.

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Recent Publications

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Improving Ghana’s mental healthcare through task-shifting- psychiatrists and health policy directors perceptions about governments commitment and the role of community mental health workers

Agyapong V, Farren C, McAuliffe E

Improving Ghana’s mental healthcare through task-shifting- psychiatrists and health policy directors perceptions about governments commitment and the role of community mental health workers Globalization and Health., 12:57, 2016.

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MicroRNAs in Mood and Anxiety Disorders. Mapping of Nervous System Disease via MicroRNAs

Ryan KM, Kolshus E, McLoughlin DM

Series: Frontiers in Neurotherapeutics/Boca Raton, Fl, CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group/2016

Task shifting - perception of stake holders about adequacy of training and supervision for community mental health workers in Ghana

Agyapong VA, Osei A, McLoughlin DM, McAuliffe E

Health Policy Plan/2016/ June 31(5):645-55. PMID: 26608584

US National Library of Medicine National Institutes of Health

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