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Keating D, McWilliams S, Clarke M, Strawbridge J
Int J Clin Pharm . 2023 Oct; 45(5):1231-1240. PMID: 37805530
Background: Attitudes to mental illness are an important factor in the willingness of professionals to engage in mental health care. Aim: The aim of this study was to understand attitudes...
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Carolan A, Hynes C, McWilliams S, Ryan C, Strawbridge J, Keating D
Int J Clin Pharm . 2023 May; 45(5):1299-1301. PMID: 37212968
People with severe mental illness (SMI) have a shorter life expectancy than the rest of the population. Multimorbidity and poorer physical health contribute to this health inequality. Cardiometabolic multimorbidity confers...
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Carolan A, Keating D, McWilliams S, Hynes C, ONeill M, Boland F, et al.
BMC Psychiatry . 2022 Sep; 22(1):585. PMID: 36057589
Background: The life expectancy of people with severe mental illness (SMI) is shorter than those without SMI, with multimorbidity and poorer physical health contributing to health inequality. Screening tools could...
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Kopanitsa V, McWilliams S, Leung R, Schischa B, Sarela S, Perelmuter S, et al.
Fam Pract . 2022 Jul; 40(1):138-151. PMID: 35809035
Background: Homeless populations (HPs) have difficulties obtaining necessary medical care, and primary health care service outreach (PHSO) might be useful to bridge this gap. Objective: Using the Centre for Evidence-Based...
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Fitzgerald I, OConnell J, Keating D, Hynes C, McWilliams S, Crowley E
Evid Based Ment Health . 2021 Sep; 25(1):15-22. PMID: 34588212
Background: Adjunctive metformin is the most well-studied intervention in the pharmacological management of antipsychotic-induced weight gain (AIWG). Although a relatively unaddressed area, among guidelines recommending consideration of metformin, prescribing information...
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Keating D, McWilliams S, Boland F, Doyle R, Behan C, Strawbridge J, et al.
BMJ Open . 2021 Feb; 11(1):e040387. PMID: 33518516
Objective: Guidelines for antipsychotic use in first-episode psychosis (FEP) recommend that medication be chosen initially on the basis of side effect profile with doses at the lower end of the...
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Hynes C, McWilliams S, Clarke M, Fitzgerald I, Feeney L, Taylor M, et al.
Ther Adv Psychopharmacol . 2020 Oct; 10:2045125320957119. PMID: 33029344
Background: Antipsychotics are associated with a range of side-effects that can influence patients' subjective well-being negatively resulting in poor adherence. In order to limit the negative consequences of side-effects, they...
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Rowntree R, Murray S, Fanning F, Keating D, Szigeti A, Doyle R, et al.
J Psychopharmacol . 2020 Apr; 34(5):567-573. PMID: 32297836
Background: One-third of individuals with schizophrenia have treatment-resistant illness. Of these, up to 60% will respond to clozapine treatment. Aims: This study retrospectively examined clozapine prescribing patterns against National Institute...
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Keating D, McWilliams S, Hynes C, Purcell A, Clarke M, Strawbridge J
Am J Pharm Educ . 2019 Dec; 83(9):7138. PMID: 31871345
To develop a model system for involving patients and caregivers in curriculum development of mental health education in an undergraduate pharmacy program. Purposive recruitment was used to convene a focus...
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Keating D, McWilliams S, Hynes C, Clarke M, Strawbridge J
Am J Pharm Educ . 2019 Jul; 83(5):6784. PMID: 31333259
To create a brief, experiential educational intervention for undergraduate pharmacy students aimed at developing appropriate attitudes, knowledge, and skills for the delivery of recovery-focused pharmacy services to people with mental...