Mental Health Advisory Group Study Day 2021

A Spotlight on Occupational Therapy Research in Mental Health

AOTI MHAG Online Study Day 16^th April 2021

Agenda

09:15- 09:55 MHAG AGM (Open to AOTI Members Only)

10:00 – 10:10 Opening Address from MHAG

10:10 - 10:35 Cognitive remediation & social recovery in early psychosis (CREST-R): protocol for a randomised pilot study Emma Frawley, Senior Occupational Therapist & YOULEAD Clinical Research Fellow, NUI Galway

10:35 – 11:00 The impact of the coronavirus pandemic on the lives of people living in long term care facilities: a mixed methods approach Aisling Hill, Occupational Therapist, St Marys Rehabilitation Unit and Cluain Lir CNU, Mullingar.

11:00 – 11:25 Exploring service users’ experience of telehealth Occupational Therapy interventions in Adult Mental Health Services, Cork during the COVID 19 pandemic Sonia O’ Leary & Kate O’ Callaghan, Occupational Therapist , South Lee Mental Health Service

11:25 – 11:45 BREAK

11:45 – 12:10 Enabling Occupational Engagement in the Transition to Independent Living using a Longitudinal Case Study Approach Dr Claire Murphy, Cavan Monaghan Mental Health Service

12:10 – 12:35 ‘Kickstart to Recovery’ programme; two studies investigating the impact of the football programme for mental health service users in an Irish Context Amy Tuite & Hannah Casey, Occupational Therapists, Trinity College Dublin

12:35 – 13:00 The Discover/Recover Theatre Project: A Social Impact Study Mairead Connaughton and Paula Lowney, Senior Occupational Therapists in HSE Wexford Mental Health Service

13:00 – 13:25 A Gardening and Woodwork Group in Mental Health: Our Experience as Novice Researchers Róisín Sinnott & Maria Rowlis, Occupational Therapists, Wexford Mental Health Service

13:25 – 13:35 Closing Address from MHAG

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