Browsing by Author "Egan, Jonathan"
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Commonly prescribed anti-depressants: What clinicians need to know
Gaynor, Danielle; Bogue, John; Egan, Jonathan (The Psychological Society of Ireland (PSI), 2011-10)According to two Cochrane collaboration reviews (Moncrieff, Wessely, & Hardy, 2004; Turner, Mathews, Linardatos, Tell, & Rosenthal, 2008), the efficacy of modern antidepressants has yet to be conclusively demonstrated ... -
Emotional eating: feeding and fearing feelings - what psychologists need to know
Fox, Susan; Egan, Jonathan (The Psychological Society of Ireland, 2017-06)This article reviews the psychological theories of emotional eating and introduces to a little known model, Affect Phobia, which combines both learning and psychodynamic theory -
Emotional expression and eating in overweight and obesity
Fox, Susan; Conneely, Sinéad; Egan, Jonathan (Informa UK Limited, 2017-01-01)Objectives: To explore psychological factors associated with emotional eating and obesity in a sample of overweight and obese adults attending a weight management programme. Design: A cross-sectional quantitative research ... -
Hooking up as a sexual script: How is consent to sexual activity communicated in an emerging adult university population when mediated by gender and alcohol in the context of societal and cultural norms?
Byrnes, Elaine (NUI Galway, 2022-04-25)This thesis presents a mixed-methods study to examine how consent to sexual activity is understood and communicated by Irish college men and women. Additionally, it seeks to examine how injunctive and descriptive norms ... -
Is a therapist's attachment style predictive of stress and burnout in a sample of Irish therapists?
Carr, Ciaran; Egan, Jonathan (IACP Irish Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, 2017)The current study investigated whether attachment style, as measured by levels of attachment anxiety and avoidance, in a sample of (N = 137) therapists predicted stress and burnout. A series of hierarchical multiple ... -
Pharmacological inhibition of monoacylglycerol lipase attenuates LPS-induced increases in cytokine expression in the rat frontal cortex and plasma: differential mechanisms of action
Kerr, Danny; Harhen, Brendan; Egan, Jonathan; Finn, David P.; Roche, Michelle (2013)Background and purpose: This study determined the effect of JZL184, a selective inhibitor of monoacylglycerol lipase (MAGL), the enzyme which preferentially catabolises the endocannabinoid 2-arachidonoyl glycerol (2-AG), ... -
Prevalence, impact and cost of multimorbidity in a cohort of people with chronic pain in ireland: a study protocol
Slattery, Brian W; O'Connor, Laura; Haugh, Stephanie; Dwyer, Christopher P; O'Higgins, Siobhan; Caes, Line; Egan, Jonathan; McGuire, Brian E (BMJ, 2017-01-01)Introduction Multimorbidity (MM) refers to the coexistence of two or more chronic conditions within one person, where no one condition is considered primary. As populations age and healthcare provision improves, MM is ... -
A review of the effectiveness and mechanisms of change for three psychological interventions for borderline personality disorder
Byrne, Gary; Egan, Jonathan (Springer US, 2018-01-13)The therapeutic uncertainty common in much of the early literature on borderline personality disorder (BPD) has given way to a growing research base with findings indicating the effectiveness of a number of psychological ...