Caragh Behan
BlackRock
32 Papers
274 Citations
Caragh Behan is an academic researcher from BlackRock. The author has contributed to research in topics: Medicine & Population. The author has an hindex of 14, co-authored 30 publications. Previous affiliations of Caragh Behan include University College Dublin & Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland.
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Papers
The benefits of meditation and mindfulness practices during times of crisis such as COVID-19.
TL;DR: Introducing a mindfulness and meditation practice during this pandemic has the potential to complement treatment and is a low-cost beneficial method of providing support with anxiety for all.
First episode psychosis and the trail to secondary care: help-seeking and health-system delays
Eadbhard O'Callaghan,Niall Turner,Laoise Renwick,Deirdre Jackson,Marie Sutton,Sharon Foley,Stephen McWilliams,Caragh Behan,Alastair Fetherstone,Anthony Kinsella +9 more
TL;DR: Being female, having better premorbid adjustment and fewer negative symptoms were associated with shorter help-seeking delays from the onset of illness, and those with a non-affective psychosis had significantly longer system delays.
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Mental state decoding v . mental state reasoning as a mediator between cognitive and social function in psychosis
Nicola McGlade,Caragh Behan,Judy Hayden,Therese O'Donoghue,Rosie Peel,Farhan Haq,Michael Gill,Aiden Corvin,Eadbhard O'Callaghan,Gary Donohoe +9 more
TL;DR: It is reported that mental state decoding as measured by the ‘Eyes task’ better predicted social function than mental state reasoning as measuredby the “Hinting task” in 73 out-patients with chronic schizophrenia.
The economic cost of schizophrenia in Ireland: a cost of illness study.
TL;DR: Schizophrenia is not a very common condition but is an expensive one, attributable to its young age at onset, relatively low mortality rate and high severity particularly in terms of its impact on future employment.
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Depression and quality of life in first-episode psychosis.
Laoise Renwick,Deirdre Jackson,Sharon Foley,Elizabeth Owens,Nicolas Ramperti,Caragh Behan,Mansoor Anwar,Anthony Kinsella,Niall Turner,Mary Clarke,Eadbhard O'Callaghan +10 more
TL;DR: These findings suggest that QOL is heavily influenced by depressive symptoms at initial presentation; however, as QOL domains are also influenced by admission status with in-patients being more symptomatic in terms of positive symptoms, subjective QOL assessment may be compromised during the acute phase of illness by both positive and depressive symptom severity.
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