Background: Depression is a common psychiatric disorder and a leading cause of disability worldwide. Conventional monoaminergic antidepressants have limited efficacy and take weeks to exert a therapeutic effect. Single infusions of subanaesthetic doses of ketamine exhibit rapid antidepressant action but effects are transient and relapse is common.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Mental health issues in nursing home staff during the COVID-19 pandemic have been significant; however, it is not known if these issues persist following widespread vaccination and easing of restrictions.
Objective: To quantify the mental health of nursing home staff at different timepoints during the COVID-19 pandemic in the Republic of Ireland.
Design/methods: Two identical, online, cross-sectional, nationwide, anonymous surveys of Republic of Ireland nursing home staff at two timepoints (survey 1 (S1, n = 390): November 2020 to January 2021; survey 2 (S2, N = 229: November 2021 to February 2022) during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Background: Hospital-based healthcare workers have experienced significant psychological stressors during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Aim: To evaluate the mental health of hospital workers during the third wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in Dublin, Ireland.
Methods: Cross-sectional anonymous online survey of hospital workers (n = 377; 181 doctors (48.
Int J Geriatr Psychiatry
November 2021
Background: Nursing homes for older adults have been disproportionately affected by the Covid-19 pandemic with increased mortality of residents and staff distress.
Objective: To quantify the mental health of nursing home staff during the Covid-19 pandemic in the Republic of Ireland.
Design/methods: Cross-sectional anonymous study of Republic of Ireland nursing home staff (n = 390) during the third wave of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Objectives: Depression can impair decision-making capacity (DMC) for health care decisions. However, it is unclear whether DMC improves after treatments for depression such as electroconvulsive therapy (ECT). There is limited evidence available on DMC for treatment in patients with depression referred for ECT, and it is unknown whether ECT has any impact on DMC.
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