Brendan Kelly

I am Professor of Psychiatry at Trinity College Dublin, Consultant Psychiatrist at Tallaght University Hospital, and author of "The Modern Psychiatrist's Guide to Contemporary Practice: Discussion, Dissent, and Debate in Mental Health Care" (2024), "Asylum: Inside Grangegorman" (2023), "Resilience: Lessons from Sir William Wilde on Life After Covid" (2023), and co-editor, with Professor Mary Donnelly, of "The Routledge Handbook of Mental Health Law" (2023), among other books. In addition to my medical degree (MB BCh BAO), I hold masters degrees in epidemiology (MSc), healthcare management (MA), Buddhist studies (MA), and mindfulness-based interventions (MSc); an MA (jure officii) from Trinity College Dublin; doctorates in medicine (MD), history (PhD), governance (DGov), and law (PhD); and a higher doctorate in history (DLitt). I have authored and co-authored over 300 publications in peer-reviewed journals, over 700 non-peer-reviewed publications, 25 book chapters and contributions, and 20 books (13 as sole author) My research interests include mental health legislation, human rights, and the history of psychiatry. I am most interested in the extent to which persons with mental illness participate in civic and social life, and the barriers they and their families face in exercising their rights, including economic and social rights. I contribute frequently to print and broadcast media, and write regularly for the medical press. I am Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Law and Psychiatry (since 2018) and Dun's Librarian at the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland (since 2020).