RCSI MyHealth: Cannabis and Young Minds
- Date: 09 April 2025
- Time: 00:00
- Category: Community, General events
- Location: Online and podcast only
This RCSI MyHealth Series event, focusing on the topic of cannabis and young minds, explored the latest research on how cannabis affects brain development and mental health in young people.
Cannabis and Young Minds: What Parents and Families Should Know
The event took place as an in-person event at RCSI St Stephen’s Green campus in Dublin city centre earlier this month. The event featured healthcare providers as well as a patient advocate who shared their personal story to shed light on the challenges young people and families face.
The recording of the event will be made available on the RCSI YouTube channel on Wednesday, 9 April. Alternatively, you can listen to the podcast version by searching 'RCSI MyHealth' on Apple, Spotify, or wherever you listen to your podcasts.
This episode is chaired by Miriam O’Callaghan, Irish television presenter and current affairs presenter with RTÉ.
Panellists include:
- Ms Laura Stack, Founder and CEO of Johnny’s Ambassadors.
- Professor Mary Cannon, Professor of Psychiatric Epidemiology and Youth Mental Health, Department of Psychiatry, RCSI and Consultant Psychiatrist, Beaumont Hospital.
- Professor Norman Delanty, Consultant Neurologist at Beaumont Hospital, Clinical Investigator with FutureNeuro Research Centre, and RCSI Honorary Clinical Professor.
- Professor Colin O’Gara, Consultant Psychiatrist and Head of Addiction Services, St John of God Hospital; Clinical Professor, Medicine and Medical Specialties, School of Medicine, University College Dublin.
More information
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RCSI MyHealth Series 2024/25
Running since 2016, the RCSI MyHealth lecture series aims to demystify common health concerns by drawing expertise and insight from RCSI researchers and international health experts at the cutting-edge of medical and healthcare developments. The series was recently announced as a winner in the Best of Europe Region Awards 2024 by CASE, the Council for Advancement and Support of Education.
The episodes are for anyone wanting to learn about common illnesses and health-related topics directly from leading healthcare experts and explore a wide range of areas in health and well-being. This year, the programme will feature a number of in-person events offering the public the unique opportunity to engage directly with RCSI experts at our live sessions, as well as our popular online episodes.
All episodes, including our in-person events, will be made available to watch on the RCSI YouTube channel. Alternatively, you can listen to the podcast version by searching ‘RCSI MyHealth’ on Apple, Spotify, or wherever you listen to your podcasts.
Join the RCSI MyHealth conversation at #RCSIMyHealth. Don’t forget to subscribe to the RCSI YouTube and podcast channels, where you’ll find extensive content on a range of health science topics.
Find more information and watch or listen back to previous RCSI MyHealth series episodes here.
Subscribe to the RCSI MyHealth mailing list RCSI MyHealth mailing list to be the first to get notified about the new series of events and episodes.