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An occupation-based lifestyle lecture intervention as part of inpatient addiction recovery treatment

Deirdre Ryan, Marie Naughton, Meabh de Faoite, Tara Dowd, Ann-Marie Morrissey

An Occupation-Based Lifestyle Lecture Intervention as Part of Inpatient Addiction Recovery Treatment: Exploring Occupational Performance, Balance and Personal Recovery. Substance Abuse: Research and Treatment. 2023;17. doi:10.1177/11782218231165123

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Implementation and evaluation of STOPP/START criteria to address polypharmacy in older adults in an inpatient psychiatric setting

Andrea Burke, Michelle O'Driscoll, Erin K. Crowley, and Ciara Ní Dhubhlaing

Implementation and evaluation of STOPP/START criteria to address polypharmacy in older adults in an inpatient psychiatric setting. Explor Res Clin Soc Pharm. doi: 10.1016/j.rcsop.2023.100245.

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Predicting antipsychotic-induced weight gain in first episode psychosis-a protocol for a field-wide systematic review of prognostic factor studies

Ita Fitzgerald, Erin K. Crowley, Amy Byrne, Jean O'Connell, Joie Ensor, Ciara Ní Dhubhlaing, Sarah O'Dwyer, and Laura J. Sahm

Predicting antipsychotic-induced weight gain in first episode psychosis-a protocol for a field-wide systematic review of prognostic factor studies. DOI: https://doi.org/10.18203/2349-3259.ijct20222691

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‘Finding my Hard Hat’: Reflections of recovery from a service user and caring professional

Gary Kiernan, Gráinne Donohoe, Shane Kirwan

Gary Kiernan of our Service User and Supporter Council (SUAS) wrote an article published by the Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing. The article shares Gary's lived experience of mental health recovery. It is hoped that the article sheds light on accessing mental health services, and that some insights shared may help people in the nursing or social care professions consider how they may be affected by their work. Kiernan, G., Donohue, G., and Kirwan, S. (2022). ‘Finding my Hard Hat’: Reflections of recovery from a service user and caring professional. Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing, 00, 1–7. https://doi.org/10.1111/jpm.12873

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Worth the Weight? Olanzapine Prescribing in Schizophrenia. A Review of Weight Gain and Other Cardiometabolic Side Effects of Olanzapine

Fitzgerald I, O'Dwyer S, Brooks M, Sahm L, Crowley E, and Ní Dhubhlaing C

Worth the Weight? Olanzapine Prescribing in Schizophrenia. A Review of Weight Gain and Other Cardiometabolic Side Effects of Olanzapine. Front. Psychiatry 12:730769. doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2021.730769

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A scoping review of occupational therapy interventions in the treatment of people with substance use disorders

Deirdre Ryan, Pauline Boland

A scoping review of occupational therapy interventions in the treatment of people with substance use disorders. Irish Journal of Occupational Therapy 49, 104–114.. doi:10.1108/ijot-11-2020-0017

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