General Practitioner referrals to Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services: Did they differ during Covid-19?

Objectives: The COVID pandemic has been associated with poorer mental health in youth. This study aimed to evaluate any change in General Practitioner (GP) referral pattern to Child and Adolescent Mental Health (CAMH) services during the first 10 months of Covid-19 and compare with a similar time frame in 2019.

Methods: All accepted referrals to a CAMH Service in Dublin during the study time frame were reviewed.

Should all community mental health teams be sectorised?

Objectives: Sectorised catchment areas have characterised Irish mental health service delivery since the devolution of institutional care. Unlike other catchment areas, the Cluain Mhuire Community Mental Health Service (CMCMHS) never sectorised. With the development of Community Health Networks (CHNs) and Primary Care Centres, the CMCMHS has come under renewed pressure for structural change.

[Verification of the laboratories based on the program of the control of reliability of toxicological analyses of biological materials 1985-1989].

The evaluation of work of laboratories over the period between 1985 and 1989 is presented made by the Institute of Occupational Medicine in Lódź within the programme of reliability control of toxicological analyses. The analysis made it possible to select all properly working laboratories, as a result of a strict verification. The examination of collected material indicates a need to introduce serious organizational changes in preparing toxicological analyses of biological material.

[Evaluation of the stability of biological specimens used for monitoring of occupational exposure. Studies of the stability of phenol and trichloroacetic acid in urine].

The paper presents results of studies on phenol and trichloroacetic acid concentration in urine samples stored for 30 days at + 5 degrees C and + 20 degrees C. It has been checked whether the addition of sulphuric acid as a conservant to urine can affect changes in phenol concentration in the samples stored. The results obtained did not indicate any significant changes in concentrations of phenol or trichloroacetic acid in the urine samples.