A network of volunteers for all interested in medical education on the island of Ireland met in Belfast yesterday. The network's aim is to improve
Retention versus continuity of care?
Retention in treatment has been traditionally regarded as a key outcome measure of addiction treatment. Thinking about this indicator brings us to
Alcohol: poets’ love affair
Spoken word events often take place in bars. Poets who perform at and attend these events are over the legal limit for drinking. But what if an
The truth about drugs found in a cornershop
Our local corner shop sells alcohol. They also sell groceries, such as garlic, which I went to buy last week. I noticed a booklet by the cash register
The mystery of change (-ing others): article in the Irish Psychologist
How may I help you– change you?* “Change is the Law of Life. And those who look only to the past or present are certain to miss the future.” -
Black fish: how whales and researchers form groups
The eight of us met on Monday, December 2 for a second attempt to create a research group in primary care at University of Limerick. Our discussions
Facing the fear: alcohol and mental health conference in Ireland (#facingthefear)
On Wednesday, 20 November 2013, I've attended this conference in the Royal College of Physicians in Dublin, Ireland. The conference was organized by
Enslaved by the Annual Symposium of the Society for the Study of Addiction 2013
The term Addiction comes from the Latin “enslaved by”. For two days, we became slaves of addiction conferring, once again, at the SSA conference in
Recruitment shock
3.6% response rate? Shocking! For our new feasibility study, we sent over 200 invitations to primary care doctors in Ireland and the invitees