Ita Fitzgerald (@fitzgerald_ita) 's Twitter Profile
Ita Fitzgerald

@fitzgerald_ita

Senior psych pharmacist 🇮🇪
PhD candidate 📚 obesity in psychiatry 👥
Particular interest in evidence synthesis and novel methods to improve uptake of EBM

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Cathy Breen PhD RD (@cathybreen24) 's Twitter Profile Photo

What a way to celebrate #WDD2024 ☺️💙 Huge thanks to HSE Health & Wellbeing for giving myself representing HSE Ireland National Diabetes Programme & Kate Gajewska Diabetes Ireland the chance to talk about all things #diabetes in 🇮🇪 Check us out here: hsepodcasts.podbean.com

Prof Sarah-Jayne Blakemore (@sjblakemore) 's Twitter Profile Photo

*Big people up*, especially younger people and especially in research, where we are constantly exposed to negative feedback in reviews etc. That’s my unsolicited advice of the morning. You’re welcome.

Darren J. Walsh (@darrenj_walsh) 's Twitter Profile Photo

🚨 Attention Hospital and Academic Pharmacists in Ireland 🚨 We are setting up a new Education and Research SIG in Hospital Pharmacists' Association of Ireland and would love for you to join us! The HPAI have sent an email out today with details on how to join the SIG! Reach out if you want to get involved!

St Patrick's Mental Health Services (@stpatricks) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Our pharmacy team research group was nominated in the Mental Health Initiative of the Year category for their work on "Improving the Management of Obesity in Severe Mental Illness". #IMTIHA2024

Cathy Breen PhD RD (@cathybreen24) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Delighted the Lancet Commission is reinforcing principles of the ASOI #CPGs adapted from the foundational work of Obesity Canada - Obesity is a disease, defined by health impairment not BMI alone - Assessment informs management - We MUST reduce stigma asoi.info/guidelines/

Chris Aiken, MD (@chrisaikenmd) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Valproate is contraindicated in pregnancy, so what instead for #bipolar? New review says: 1. Quetiapine (safer) 2. Lithium (risks, but can use if needed) pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40293641 Lamotrigine safest, but not anti-manic More in podcast: thecarlatreport.com/blogs/2-the-ca…

Valproate is contraindicated in pregnancy, so what instead for #bipolar?

New review says:
1. Quetiapine (safer)
2. Lithium (risks, but can use if needed)
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40293641

Lamotrigine safest, but not anti-manic

More in podcast:
thecarlatreport.com/blogs/2-the-ca…
Ita Fitzgerald (@fitzgerald_ita) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Delighted to have successfully defended my PhD thesis last week. Thank you to all involved in making this dream a reality, particularly those in St Patrick's Mental Health Services and UCC Pharmacy School. Excited for the future ✨

Delighted to have successfully defended my PhD thesis last week. Thank you to all involved in making this dream a reality, particularly those in <a href="/StPatricks/">St Patrick's Mental Health Services</a> and <a href="/Pharmacy_UCC/">UCC Pharmacy School</a>. Excited for the future ✨
Suzanne Crowe (@itsthatgirlsuzi) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Mental Health Bill is at Oireactas committee stage - it needs amendments to make sure people with psychosis don’t get left untreated irishexaminer.com/opinion/commen…

Siobhan Gee (@siobhangee) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Second conference of the week, this time talking about clozapine. Outstanding talk from Clozapine Support Group UK calling for action on the 'inhumane' underuse of clozapine in the UK #BAP2025

Second conference of the week, this time talking about clozapine. Outstanding talk from <a href="/Nevergiveupsz/">Clozapine Support Group UK</a> calling for action on the 'inhumane' underuse of clozapine in the UK #BAP2025
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