• Mental Capacity for Medical Treatment Decisions in Medical and Surgical Hospital Inpatients in Ireland 

  MURPHY, RUTH ANN (Trinity College Dublin. School of Medicine. Discipline of Clinical Medicine, 2019)

  Mental capacity both merits and requires substantial consideration and attention in present-day clinical practice, research and legislation. This is the first research study in the Republic of Ireland to evaluate the ...
• An investigation of the role of antenatal depression, maternal cortisol and postnatal interactive behaviour on infant neurodevelopment in the first year of life. 

  O' LEARY, NIAMH (Trinity College Dublin. School of Medicine. Discipline of Psychiatry, 2019)

  Abstract Aims: Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) is the most prevalent psychiatric disorder during the perinatal period and can lasting adverse effects on maternal wellbeing and infant development. This aim of this thesis ...
• Pain-related Disability, Physical Function and Behavioural Aspects of Ankylosing Spondylitis-related Inflammatory Low Back Pain 

  ALRASHED ALHUMAID, LOLWAH (Trinity College Dublin. School of Medicine. Discipline of Physiotherapy, 2019)

  Inflammatory low back pain (ILBP) is a key clinical symptom and a significant problem in ankylosing spondylitis (AS), and its high socioeconomic costs are mainly attributed to disability. Ankylosing spondylitis-related ...
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  The Effects of Acute and Chronic Exercise on Brain Derived Neurotrophic Factor and Cognitive Performance in Mild Cognitive Impairment 

  DEVENNEY, KATE ELIZABETH (Trinity College Dublin. School of Medicine. CentreFor Medical Gerontology, 2019)

  Introduction: Brain Derived Neurotrophic Factor (BDNF) is a neurotrophin that supports neural survival, growth and synaptic plasticity and is upregulated through exercise. While the exact neuronal mechanisms underlying the ...
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  The National Treatment Purchase Fund – A success for some patients yet a public policy failure? 

  Burke, Sara; Brugha, Ruairi; Thomas, Stephen (2019)

  In 2002 the Irish Government announced the establishment of the National Treatment Purchase Fund (NTPF) as a means of addressing patients’ long wait times for public hospital treatment. A new health strategy published in ...

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