aileen o'brien

Reader in Psychiatry and Education St George's University of London, Consultant Psychiatrist, NAPICU director educational programmes. Thoughts definitely own.

[Lenny Cornwall @lennycornwall]

Letter today in ⁦@thetimes⁩

[BBC Panorama @BBCPanorama]

Millions of us enjoy the thrill of the funfair

But how safe are the rides we’re getting on?

Reporter @RSheikh26 investigates

https://t.co/8VxIGg4YnU

[aileen o'brien @aileen191]

Thanks to Jenny and Panorama for shining a light on this

[Jenny Parks @jennymparks]

I’ve produced and directed this investigation into funfair safety with the brilliant team @BBCPanorama
I’m hugely grateful to our brilliant contributors for allowing us to tell their stories
It’s on iPlayer now and BBC One this evening at 8pm
https://t.co/Umwkw15Hr3

[aileen o'brien @aileen191]

@philosophybites @LeorZmigrod @blackwelloxford The Ideological Brian sounds like the best Monty Python never made

[aileen o'brien @aileen191]

@johnarmstrong5 This is disturbing

[Lisa Jones @LisaEllenJones_]

Fantastic to see the results from a trial on 100 @StGeorgesUni students in @timeshighered today that found a new VR headset experience boosts mental health in students by reducing stress & anxiety on the lead-up to exams. Amazing work from Dr @aileen191 and @zillahwatson 👏

[aileen o'brien @aileen191]

Metaverse for good conference in Barcelona. Great opportunity to present our findings working with SGUL atudents. And to hear about extraordinary opportunities and challenges ahead @zillahwatson @StGeorgesUni

[louis appleby @ProfLAppleby]

Children with gender distress may face bullying, isolation & family conflict, reasons to be alert to suicide risk.

Empathic support is vital but evidence that puberty blockers reduce risk is weak & unreliable.

Invoking suicide in this debate is mistaken & potentially harmful.

[aileen o'brien @aileen191]

Delighted to see this launched and so grateful to the staff who helped Darren Bell and I; @K_Pavoni @awaisaftab @SWLSTG @napicu @markboulton @thebethkelly @MattLiveMore and Nile ward, Peter Hughes and Sean. And of course the amazing SGUL e-learning team.

[School of Health & Medical Sciences @CityStG_Health]

Calling all healthcare staff 📢

Join our 'Reducing Restrictive Practice in Mental Health Settings' short course - accepting enrolment until 1 March!

Book here with code A4BZS5 for NHS staff discount: https://t.co/AkxtfKOEba

[aileen o'brien @aileen191]

Protecting and promoting editorial independence | The British Journal of Psychiatry | Cambridge Core - https://t.co/JwghTHl5Iu Was a privilege to work with the coauthors here.

[aileen o'brien @aileen191]

@matthewrbroome @TheBJPsych Bittersweet indeed. Was a pleasure working with everyone on it

[CombinedNHS @CombinedNHS]

Psychiatric Intensive Care Unit staff at Combined are the first to become involved in a pilot program of Virtual Reality Wellbeing Sessions delivered in partnership with Phase Space VR. @zillahwatson

See the details at https://t.co/3rEnyKvsYo

Phase Space’s unique approach uses Virtual Reality to supercharge stress and anxiety relief in minutes, with effects that last. Driven by cutting-edge innovation, it combines immersive technology, world-class content design and evidence-based therapeutic techniques.

[aileen o'brien @aileen191]

@lennycornwall @SusannaRustin @guardian Baffling

[NAPICU @napicu]

Acute, Intensive, and Emergency Psychiatric Care at St George's Course! Join us for this immersive 4-day short course led by the incredible Dr. Aileen O'Brien, Director of Educational Programme at NAPICU. 📆 Don't miss out, book now!
https://t.co/kjgZsY3HcO

[Emergency Medicine Journal @EmergencyMedBMJ]

#Jan2024 #Commentary

When is a diagnosis not a diagnosis?

https://t.co/yXZUQZvKhQ

@aileen191

[aileen o'brien @aileen191]

When is a diagnosis not a diagnosis? https://t.co/DXsNkCFNB2
New commentary on ABD, hopefully we can move towards more of a consensus

[aileen o'brien @aileen191]

Very excited to be speaking about VR in mental health in Groningen at international conference on VR and mental health, keynote from Zillah talking about our work at SGUL@zillahwatson @StGeorgesUni

[aileen o'brien @aileen191]

@mgtmccartney Yep

[aileen o'brien @aileen191]

@nuwandiss @rcpsychDPSIG @Nye_Ndebele @FGaughran @raj_psyc @DrNandiniC @skalidindi1 @subodhdave1 @DrIainGrant @AmitChougule_X @SameiHuda @Asifmbachlani @sameerjauhar @Fabida3 @HelenKillaspy @helencrimlisk Yes and even more so now I'm sure. My experience with VR is that some of the more acutely unwell people don't want to try it. But others were intrigued and enjoyed it

[aileen o'brien @aileen191]

@nuwandiss @rcpsychDPSIG @Nye_Ndebele @FGaughran @raj_psyc @DrNandiniC @skalidindi1 @subodhdave1 @DrIainGrant @AmitChougule_X @SameiHuda @Asifmbachlani @sameerjauhar @Fabida3 @HelenKillaspy @helencrimlisk Course, and not everyone agrees with me but for the relaxation I'd say potential harm negligible, no reason substance use should be issue. Happy to discuss some time.