Over the past number of years, the Psychological Society of Ireland (PSI) has released various guidelines, policies and papers on a variety of important topics and areas. Such documents can be seen below, broken down by the year they were produced/updated.
April 2024 - The Revised Model of Care for Neonatal Services in Ireland: Psychology and Infant Mental Health. Please note, a summary of the position paper can be accessed here.
March 2024 - PSI Division of Neuropsychology's (DoN) Adult Clinical Neuropsychology Specialist Competencies Framework (Version B5 2024).
March 2024 - PSI's Science and Public Policy Committee's (SPPC) Referendums: On the Relevance of Psychology - Family and Care Referendums.
November 2023 - PSI Special Interest Group in Human Rights and Psychology’s (SIGHRP) response to the International Union of Psychological Science’s (IUPsyS) stakeholder consultation on the launch of the World Health Organisation and the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Guidance on Mental Health, Human Rights, and Legislation
September 2023 - Psychology's Role in Dealing with the Climate Emergency
October 2022 - The PSI's statement regarding the invitation to contribute ideas on the International Union of Psychological Science (IUPsyS) Responses in Crises and Emergencies.
July 2022 - Guidelines for Confidentiality and Record Keeping in Practice.Please note these guidelines are updated from the 2011 version.
April 2022 - Professional Practice Guidelines for the Assessment, Formulation, and Diagnosis of Autism in Children and Adolescents. Please note these guidelines are updated from the 2010 version. (SIG in Autism Working Group)
April 2021 - Guidance for Psychological Society of Ireland Accredited Professional Doctorate Programmes During COVID-19 Outbreak. Please note that this is version 2 of the guidance and replaces version 1 from 2020.
January 2021 - Letter regarding PSI guidance for temporary derogation to supervisor requirements for professional training programmes during COVID-19 (2021 Update). Please note that this is version 2 of the letter and replaces version 1 from 2020.
December 2020 - PSI Science & Public Policy Committee's (SPPC) Maximising the Benefits of a COVID-19 Vaccine: Getting the Psychology Right. Click here to read the document in Polish.
August 2020 - PSI Science & Public Policy Committee's (SPPC) Psychological and Mental Health Needs Arising from COVID-19
July 2020 - PSI Division of Educational Psychology's (DEP) The Relaunch: Back to School After COVID-19 Restrictions - Guidance from the Psychological Society of Ireland
June 2020 - PSI Special Interest Group for Psychologists in Private Practice's (SIGPPP) COVID-19 - PSI Guidance for Psychologists Returning to Face-to-Face Sessions
May 2020 - PSI Division of Neuropsychology's (DoN) Remote Neuropsychological Assessment in the context of COVID-19 Pandemic
May 2020 - PSI Guidelines on use of Online or Telephone Therapy & Assessment (Version 2)
May 2020 - Letter regarding PSI guidance for temporary derogation to supervisor requirements for professional training programmes during COVID-19 (May 2020). Please note that this document has been replaced with the 2021 version 2 file which can be viewed above under 2021.
April 2020 - Guidelines for the Employment of Assistant Psychologists/Psychology Assistants in Ireland. Please note that this document replaces the 2014 version and was further updated to include the title 'Psychology Assistant'.
April 2020 - Guidance for Psychological Society of Ireland Accredited Professional Doctorate Programmes During COVID-19 Outbreak. Please note that this document has been replaced with the 2021 version 2 file which can be viewed above under 2021.
May 2018 - PSI Science & Public Policy Committee's (SPPC) Referendums: On the Relevance of Psychology (8th Amendment Referendum).
May 2018 - PSI Special Interest Group in Perinatal and Infant Mental Health's (SIGPIMH) Discussion Paper on the 8th Amendment and Mental Health.
April 2018 - PSI Special Interest Group in Perinatal and Infant Mental Health's (SIGPIMH) 5 Facts on the 8th Amendment and Mental Health.
March 2017 - PSI Supervision Guidelines for Psychologists
Coaching Psychology Handbook (please contact communications@psychologicalsociety.ie for information)
June 2015 - PSI Guidelines for Good Practice with Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual Clients
February 2014 - Guidelines for the Employment of Assistant Psychologists/Psychology Assistants. Please note this document has been updated and replaced with the 2020 version above.
March 2010 - Autism Spectrum Disorders - Best Practice Guidelines First Edition. Please note that these guidelines have been updated in a second edition titled Professional Practice Guidelines for the Assessment, Formulation, and Diagnosis of Autism in Children and Adolescents.
Such documents can be directly downloaded below.