New Psych Chat blog launched
We now have a blog on which people from the School will be posting about Psychology
Undergraduate student research project contributes to debate on cyberbullying
Research conducted by recent graduate Moya Farrell during her BA degree in psychology has formed part of the ongoing discussion about cyberbullying in Irish schools.
Are 3D films more psychologically powerful than 2D?
Brendan Rooney of the UCD School of Psychology has had a study included in the British Psychology Society digest.
Graduate Expo November 16th 2PM-5PM O’Reilly Hall
Come along to the UCD Graduate Expo on November 16th.
Dr. Amanda Fitzgerald gets Annual Youth Mental Health Prize
Dr. Amanda Fitzgerald Postdoctoral Researcher in UCD School of Psychology was awarded the Eadbhard O’Callaghan Annual Youth Mental Health Prize 2012.
Bridging the Gap: Research, Policy, and Practice in Child and Adolescent Mental
These recordings are from the 2012 Psychological Society of Ireland Special Interest Group in Child and Adolescent Psychology Annual Conference entitled Bridging the Gap: Research, Policy, and Practice in Child and Adolescent Mental Health.
In the news: Pesky Gnats! CBT computer Game for Children
Dr Gary O' Reilly will describe current developments in Pesky Gnats a CBT computer game for children at the National Mental Health Conference 2012 - The Assessment and Treatment of Children and Young People, Providing an Excellent Future on September 25th.
Two Marie Curie awards and a Fulbright for the School of Psychology
In 2012 Dr Louise McHugh and Dr Tina Hickey from the School of Psychology brought two Marie Curie awards to UCD.
The Self and Perspective Taking: Contributions and Applications from Modern Contextual Behavioural Science.
Dr. Louise McHugh is one of the authors of this "groundbreaking, cutting-edge, empirically-based contextual behavioral perspective on the self."
UCD Psychology Professor Speaks at Arrival of Olympic Torch in Dublin
On 6 June, the Olympic torch arrived in Dublin – the only city outside Greece and the United Kingdom to host the flame. To mark this unique historical occasion, the Psychological Society of Ireland (PSI), the Northern Ireland Branch of the British Psychological Society (NIBPS), and Trinity College, Dublin (as part of its Trinity Psychology 50 Master Class) collaborated to jointly host a Public Lecture by Professor Aidan Moran (School of Psychology, UCD) on Imagination in Action: Mental Practice and Skilled Performance in Sport and Surgery in the Swift Theatre in Trinity College, Dublin.
Research Opportunity/Scholarship
Research Opportunity: One-year scholarship towards an M Litt in the School of Psychology. Research Study: In collaboration with Families First in Clondalkin there is an opportunity to join a team conducting a randomized controlled trial to evaluate the effectiveness of Functional Family Therapy for adolescent behavioural problems.
One third of young people have experienced mental health distress
UCD School of Psychology and Headstrong study shows one third of young people have experienced mental health distress
Minister Launches Clinical and Positive Psychology books
On Monday 16th of April 2012 April Frances Fitzgerald, Minister for Children and Youth Affairs launched 2 books by Professor Alan Carr, from the UCD School of Psychology: Clinical Psychology: In Introduction and Positive Psychology: The Science of Happiness and Human Strengths. I
Bridging the Gap: Research, Policy, and Practice in Child and Adolescent Mental Health
The School of Psychology and the Psychology Society of Ireland Special Interest Group in Child and Adolescent Psychology present a half-day conference entitled ‘Bridging the Gap: Research, Policy, and Practice in Child and Adolescent Mental Health’.
Minor places in Psychology applications open
UCD School of Psychology Invites applicants for Minor places in Psychology. The deadline for applications is 20th April 2012 at 5pm.
School of Psychology hosts USA-Ireland Family Therapy Seminar
Professor Todd Edwards and Professor Jo Ellen Patterson from the University of San Diego presented a paper on Family Therapy in Primary Care at a USA-Ireland seminar on Friday March 2nd 2012 in the UCD School of Psychology. The seminar was attended by postgraduates from the UCD doctoral programme in clinical psychology and the University of San Diego masters programme in family therapy.
New textbook in sport psychology
Prof Aidan Moran (School of Psychology, UCD) has published a 2nd edition of his popular textbook ‘Sport and Exercise Psychology: A Critical Introduction’ (Routledge/Taylor and Francis, 2012). This book provides a comprehensive critical introduction to the field of sport and exercise psychology.
Stigma and Youth Mental Health conference
The School of Psychology is delighted to announce that it will be hosting a one day conference on Stigma and Youth Mental Health on March 15th 2012.
UCD School of Psychology - Undergraduate Research Fair
Come along! - Chat about the topics - Participate in research Tuesday Feb 7th 2012 10am - 3pm Newman Building - E Concourse near An Cuas
Notice for Script Viewing
Script viewing will be available from the 24th January 2012 to 27th January 2012 for Semester 1 exams. Applications are available from the School Office, Room D509. Please note that you are required to fill in an application form 24 hours prior to viewing.
Clinical Psychology: Selection Deadline
The deadline for applications for the Doctoral Programme in Clinical Psychology is Friday January 27, 2012. Please see 'Clinical Psychology' (on the right) for all relevant application information and materials.
Clinical Psychology: An Introduction
Clinical Psychology is for students studying clinical psychology as part of an undergraduate programme in psychology, nursing, sociology or social and behavioural sciences.
Prestigious research awards for UCD School of Psychology
The School of Psychology has had success in a number of major research awards in the last month.
Celebrating the International Day for Persons with Disabilities 2011
On Friday 2nd December the four disability study and research centres on the island of Ireland came together to mark the International Day for Persons with Disabilities 2011.
New reference book: Key Concepts in Sport Psychology
Prof Aidan Moran (School of Psychology, UCD) is a co-author (along with Dr John Kremer, Dr Graham Walker and Prof Cathy Craig, all of the School of Psychology, Queen’s University, Belfast) of a new reference book entitled Key Concepts in Sport Psychology (SAGE).
Lift your mood at the UCD School of Psychology - lunch time lecture series
Each month a member of staff presents on their current work. Its an exciting opportunity for staff and students to share what’s going-on in the school and exchange ideas. We hope you will attend.
Follow us on Facebook
The UCD School of Psychology now has a Facebook page.
Information for Stage 2 BA students taking the Major in Psychology
We look forward to welcoming all returning students in September. With registration opening we have prepared the following information for students entering or returning to Stage 2 of the BA Psychology Major.
Final Places Available on MSc in Rehabilitation and Disability Studies
A number of places are available on the MSc in Rehabilitation and Disability Studies at UCD. The online application process will be open for these places until the end of August (with the course beginning on Friday 16th September, 2011). Offers will be made on a rolling basis.
A Rights-Based Approach to Child and Adolescent Well-Being Audio Files
These recordings are from the 2011 Psychological Society of Ireland Special Interest Group in Child and Adolescent Psychology Annual Conference entitled Getting it Right for Children and Young People: A Rights-Based Approach to Child and Adolescent Well-Being.
Notice for Script Viewing
Script viewing will be available from 23rd June 2011 to 29th June 2011.
UCD Psychology in top 100 QS World University Rankings by subject
The QS World University Rankings has just released a new series of world rankings which examines medicine, the biological sciences and psychology. The authors note that graduates of these disciplines are among the least likely in the world to be unemployed. The UCD School of Psychology is one of only two universities in Ireland to be placed in the top 100.
Prof Anders Ericsson on The Making of Experts by Deliberate Practice and why Innate Talent does not Seem to Matter
The School of Psychology, UCD, presents a lecture by Prof Anders Ericsson in UCD, Wed 4 May 2011, Theatre C004, Health Sciences Building, 7.30 pm. Prof Ericsson will give a presentation entitled ‘The Making of Experts by Deliberate Practice and why Innate Talent does not Seem to Matter’.
UCD Family Therapy Research presented at World Conference
Clare Graham presented a paper on the evaluation of Functional Family Therapy in an Irish Context at the International Family Therapy Association’s XIX World Conference, in Noordwijkerhout, The Netherlands on 1st April 2011.
Memories are made of this - Prof. Eleanor Maguire
The School of Psychology, UCD, inaugurates its Distiguished Scholar annual award with a lecture by Prof. Eleanor Maguire on March 23rd, 2011, at 7.30pm in UCD, Belfield (Theatre C004, Health Sciences Building). Prof Maguire will give a presentation entitled ‘Memories are made of this’ which will explore our ability to recollect the past and to plan future actions. This lecture will draw on the latest advances in neuroimaging technology as well as on recent evidence gathered from patients with brain damage.
A Rights-Based Approach to Child and Adolescent Well-Being
The School of Psychology and the Psychological Society of Ireland Special Interest Group in Child and Adolescent Psychology present a half-day conference entitled Getting it Right for Children and Young People: A Rights-Based Approach to Child and Adolescent Well-Being.
Launch of Gender and Colonialism: A Psychological Analysis of Oppression and Liberation
This book provides a historical and contemporary analysis of domination and its psychological impact in Ireland and in a global context. It calls for radical change through transformative action at personal, community and collective levels. It is a book that can transform lives and help to shape a better future for us all.
Script Viewing
Script viewing is available during the week of the 14th of February to students who wish to view their scripts.
Psychology Undergraduate Research Fair
Are you interested in topics like self-esteem, learning strategies, Facebook use among students? Ever considered participating in research on topics like these? Come to the Psychology Undergraduate Research Fair in E area on the concourse (beside An Cuas) on Tuesday 8 February 11 am – 2 pm and find out what this year's Psychology undergraduates are researching.
New Masters in Psychological Science
UCD School of Psychology is offering a new Masters in Psychological Science (M.Psych.Sc.) starting in September 2011
Rescheduled examinations and the start of semester 2
A number of exams in core Psychology modules are due to take place on Monday 17th and Tuesday 18th January 2011.
IRCHSS highlight research of UCD Psychology Professor
As part of its 10th anniversary celebrations, the Irish Research Council for the Humanities and Social Sciences (IRCHSS) launched a commemorative book entitled Mosaic: A Celebration for Irish Research in the Humanities and Social Sciences in the Irish Museum of Modern Art, Kilmainham, Dublin, on Friday 26 November. Among the scholars whose research is highlighted in the book is Professor Aidan Moran, UCD School of Psychology.
UCD School of Psychology Contributes to 4th International Juvenile Justice Observatory Conference in Rome
Dr Gary O’ Reilly gave an invited paper, the theme of the conference was building integrative juvenile justice systems that address the mental health and substance abuse problems of many juvenile offenders.
UCD Professor of Clinical Psychology addresses four Dutch universities
On October 1st, Professor Alan Carr from the UCD School of Psychology made an invited keynote address in Leiden, Holland, to the Inaugural Postdoctorale Beroepsopleiding Orthopedagogiek (PDBO) congress.
Psychology Matters: Doing Your Best When It Matters Most
On October 14 at part of the PSI 'Psychology Matters' public lecture series Prof. Aidan Moran will present on 'Doing Your Best When It Matters Most'
Congratulations to Petra Lexova who has been shortlisted for the Undergraduate Awards of Ireland and Northern Ireland
The essay discusses the emergence, development, and implementation of psychosocial programmes within the field of humanitarian aid.
Can We Predict and Intervene to Improve Health Behaviours?
Dr Barbara Mullan, Senior Lecturer in Health Psychology from the University of Sydney and graduate of the UCD School of Psychology will give a lecture on the topic "Can We Predict and Intervene to Improve Health Behaviours?" in E114 in the Newman Building on Wednesday October 6th at 1.00 pm - All are welcome to attend.
UCD school of psychology – lunch time lecture series
Each month a member of staff presents on their current work. Its an exciting opportunity for staff and students to share what’s going-on in the school and exchange ideas. We hope you will attend.
To all DN054 incoming first year students
Congratulations for gaining a place on our undergraduate programme from the UCD School of Psychology First Year Co-ordinator, Dr Jessica Bramham.
Christine O’Farrelly awarded Ph.D. scholarship
Christine O’Farrelly awarded Ph.D. scholarship by the Office of the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs to research children’s experiences of transitions in early childhood settings.
News
New CD released to teach study skills for university.
Professor Aidan Moran has just published a new CD entitled ‘Learn to study for success at college and university’
Michael Tully awarded graduate research scholarship to research social support and social identity among Irish homeless adults
Guided by the social identity / self categorization model of stress, the aim of this research is to determine whether social support and social identity buffer stress for homeless adults.
Sean O’ Donnchadha awarded three year graduate research funding by IRCSET
Sean O’Donnchadha has been awarded a It is well established that cognitive impairment occurs in approximately 50% of patients with multiple sclerosis (MS), particularly in the domains of memory, attention, and information processing.
Research funding for evaluating Teen Counselling service for adolescents and their families
Professor Alan Carr has secured a three year grant from Teen Counselling. The study involves a controlled trial to evaluate the effectiveness of the family-based approach to counselling used at Teen Counselling's five Dublin centres.
New issue of International Review of Sport and Exercise Psychology volume 3(1) (2010) (Editor-in-Chief, Prof Aidan Moran, School of Psychology, UCD)
The International Review of Sport and Exercise Psychology (IRSEP; see http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/title~db=all~content=g919174637~tab=toc) publishes comprehensive reviews of research in sport and exercise psychology.
Ongoing research on reciprocity between person, job and organisational factors in a “not-for-profit” organisation
Dr Joan Tiernan and Mary Dee are doing research on the key determinants of what makes a healthy “not-for-profit” organization. The project involves analysing person, job and organisational level variables
Ongoing research on mental practice and expertise in laparoscopic surgery (2008-present)
One of the most remarkable capacities of the mind is its ability to mimic experience using mental imagery. A key application of this cognitive simulation capacity is “mental practice” or the systematic use of mental imagery processes to rehearse skills in the absence of motor movements.
Ongoing research on motor cognition
The research team for this experimental study of visual and motor imagery in mental travel is Prof Aidan Moran (School of Psychology, UCD, Principal Investigator), Prof Stephen Kosslyn and Dr Gregoire Borst (Harvard University), Prof Aymeric Guillot and Prof Christian Collet (Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, France) and Dr Tadhg MacIntyre (University of Ulster).
Ongoing research evaluating functional family therapy
Professor Alan Carr is involved in a study that is evaluating functional family therapy within an Irish youth justice context.
On going research on the validation of the Systemic Clinical Outcome and Routine Evaluation (SCORE) for use in an Irish context.
Professor Alan Carr is involved in this research project which is a pragmatic and clinically-based questionnaire for completion by family members 12 years and older, to capture indicators of family functioning that may be sensitive to therapeutic change arising from family therapy.
University of Leiden students visit School of Psychology
Fifty psychology students from the University of Leiden in the Netherlands visited the School of Psychology on April 29th.
Heritability of cognitive endophenotypes in temporal lobe epilepsy
Dr Teresa Burke has secured a grant of €43,400 to research the topic: ‘Heritability of cognitive endophenotypes in temporal lobe epilepsy: A neuropsychological investigation’.
Teen Counselling
Professor Alan Carr has secured a three year grant from Teen Counselling to support Ciara Cassells’ graduate studies.
Review of Sport and Exercise Psychology.
Professor Aidan Moran has edited volume 3, issue 1, of the International Review of Sport and Exercise Psychology.
A world of solutions
International Conference on Alcohol & Drug Use in Young People
UCD Professor's study of the psychological adjustment of adult survivors of institutional abuse included in the Ryan Report
A research study by Professor Alan Carr from the UCD School of Psychology is included in volume 5 of the Ryan Report
UCD Professor Receives Award from European Family Therapy Association
Professor Alan Carr from the UCD School of Psychology received an award from the European Family Therapy Association (EFTA) for his contribution to family therapy research.