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September 2022

Welcome to our September 2022 digital newsletter for general practitioners (GPs). Follow the links below to read our specialist blog for GPs, to see key updates from our mental health services, and to get involved with continuous professional development (CPD) opportunities.

GP blog

Family therapy in mental health recovery

Elaine McGoldrick, Family Therapist here at St Patrick’s Mental Health Services (SPMHS), shares an overview of family therapy and how it can support people going through mental health recovery and their families.

Read our GP blog on family therapy

Service updates

Adolescent services accepting referrals

We are accepting referrals for inpatient, outpatient and Homecare adolescent services, with new information for referrers available.

Adolescent services accepting referrals

Referrals open for depression and bipolar programmes

We are now accepting referrals from GPs for our depression and bipolar programmes, which are both 10-week group online interventions.

Learn more about the programmes

GP news and events

GP Webinar on depression set for October

We are hosting a free webinar on Tuesday, 18 October from 7.30pm to explore how GPs can treat and support patients experiencing depression. CPD from the Irish College of General Practitioners (ICGP) is being sought.

Register for the GP Webinar here

Founder's Day conference to take place in November

Our annual Founder’s Day conference will be held online on Friday, 25 November. It will explore adolescent mental health, with a broad focus on prevention strategies. CPD recognition is being sought for the conference.

See more on Founder's Day 2022

Free CPD films for GPs available

Our GP Portal is a dedicated online platform which aims to provide GPs with practical information for managing mental health presentations in primary care, with a number of films accredited for CPD points from the ICGP available.

Sign up to the GP portal here

Helping patients to safely use medication

To mark World Patient Safety Day 2022, Sophie Regan and Margaret Brooks of our Pharmacy Department wrote a piece on medication safety, which aims to help patients better understand their medicines.

See more on medication safety 

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