Aware runs a monthly webinar series focusing on a different theme each month, with a selection of expert speakers. They take place on the second Wednesday of every month and will be broadcast at 12 noon.
Please note:
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Each webinar is one hour in duration
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While the webinars are broadcast
using Zoom, please note you do not need to have a Zoom
account to attend
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You must register in advance for each webinar you wish to
attend, to receive the link to watch it live on the day
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Please note if you're unable to watch a webinar live, you can still register
your place and you will receive an email 24 hours after the webinar to watch
it back, in your own time. You must register in advance if you wish to receive
this email with the link.
All
webinars are recorded and also made available to watch back on Aware's YouTube channel.
February
Topic: The role of medication in mental health
Date: 10th February 2021
Time: 12 noon (1 hour)
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“The role of medication in the
management of mood disorders” - Ita Fitzgerald, Mental Health Pharmacist
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Q&A
Ita
Fitzgerald is a Senior Mental Health
Pharmacist who has worked in mental health for several years now across many
fields from psychosis management, to management of anxiety and depression. She
attended RCSI for her BSc Pharm and subsequent MPharm. Since this time she
has completed an MSc in clinical pharmacy with UCC and due to begin a PhD later
this year. Her research interests are focussed in the areas of personalised
medicine and antipsychotic side-effect management, particularly
antipsychotic-induced weight gain.
