Psychiatry

The educational aim of the Department of Psychiatry is to equip students with the knowledge, attitude and professionalism required by medical graduates in the assessment, diagnosis and management of patients with mental illness.

During their studies at RCSI, Undergraduate medical students attend clinical attachments at Beaumont Hospital, Connolly Hospital Blanchardstown, North Dublin Mental Health Services, St Vincent's Hospital (Fairview), Cavan General Hospital, Newcastle Hospital, St Luke's Hospital (Kilkenny), Cluain Mhuire Family Centre (Blackrock), University Hospital Waterford, Louth/Meath Mental Health Services, North Kildare Mental Health Services, Highfield Healthcare, St Davnet's Hospital (Monaghan) and St Patrick's/St Edmundsbury Hospitals.

Clinical teaching includes the use of online video lectures, an interactive tutorial programme, small-group tutorials, case-based teaching and clinical skills tutorials.

The Department of Psychiatry also provides Basic Specialist Training in Psychiatry through the RCSI Basic Specialist Training Deaneries of the College of Psychiatrists of Ireland and Higher Specialist Training in Psychiatry through the National Higher Specialist Training Programme.

In addition to clinical training in psychiatry, we provide research training by offering a range of postgraduate MSc, MD and PhD programmes in key departmental research areas.

The Department of Psychiatry has an active research programme, with specific interests in cellular cytoarchitectural and protein signature of major psychiatric disorders; youth mental health; psychiatric epidemiology; genetics of psychiatric disorders; behavioural phenotypes of genetic disorders; the neuropsychiatry of epilepsy; structural and functional neuroimaging of genetic and neuropsychiatric disorders; ECT; and mental health services research.

Professor/Head of Department

• Kieran C. Murphy

Professors 

• Mary Cannon
• David Cotter
• Siobhan MacHale (Beaumont Hospital)

Emeritus Clinical Associate Professor

• Vincent Russell

Honorary Associate Professor

• John Lyne (Newcastle)

Senior Lecturers

• Louise Brennan (Tallaght)
• Allen Bulfin (North Kildare)
• Mary Clarke (jointly with Department of Psychology)
• Robert Daly (North Dublin Mental Health Services)
• Iulia Dud (Highfield) 
• Andrew Eustace (Highfield)
• Darran Flynn (Waterford)
• Melanie Focking (Beaumont ERC)
• Moayyad Kamali (Newcastle)
• Aiveen Kirley (Cluain Mhuire Family Centre)
• Leah Lawlor (Connolly)
• MacDara McCauley (St Brigid’s Hospital, Ardee)
• Ian McClelland (SVHF)
• Angela Noonan (St Vincent's Fairview)
• Finian O’Brien (St Davnet's, Monaghan)
• Sarah Prasad (St Patrick's Hospital, St Edmundsbury Hospital, Lucan)
• Eric Roche (Cluain Mhuire)

Hononary Senior Lecturers

• Justin Brophy
• Angela Caballedo
• Michelle Harley (St Michael's House)
• Miriam Kennedy
• Richelle Kirrane
• Aideen Moran
• Maeve Moran
• Selena Pillay
• Jogin Thakore

Senior Clinical Lecturer

• Caragh Behan
• Maurice Clancy
• Sahar Riaz
• Darren Roddy

Clinical Lecturers

• Anna Feeney
• Fintan Moore

Postdoctoral Fellows

• Benjamin Bond
• Niamh Dooley
• Ronan Fleury
• Colm Healy  
• John Hoey

Clincal Research Fellow

• Emmet Power 

Programme Manager and Research Fellow

• Caroline Wilson
• Jessica Ohland

Postdoctoral researchers

• Lorenzo Ghelfi
• Joshua Gilheaney
• Keeling Harrison
• Sinead King
• David McEvoy
• David Mongan
• Jennifer Murphy

Hononary Lecturers

• Sorcha McManus
• Hugh Ramsay
•  David Mongan

Clinical Tutors

• Mian Saad Ahmed (Newcastle Hospital, Wicklow)
• Mohamed Alsaffar (Cavan General Hospital)
• Anum Farooqui (Connolly)
• Pat Fitzpatrick (St Vincent Hospital Fairview)
• Ian French (St Luke's Kilkenny)
• James Gildea (Highfield Healthcare)
• Sera Jacob (Cluain Mhuire Family Centre)
• Waleed Khan (North Dublin MHS)
• Razan Mohamed (Louth/ Meath MHS)
• Ali Nikkah (St Davnets Hospital Monaghan)
• Caroline O'Byrne (Waterford University Hospital)
• Mirat Qari (North Kildare)
• Faisal Rehman (North Dublin MHS)