#176 Professor Brendan Kelly - Professor of Psychiatry and Consultant Psychiatrist at Tallaght University Hospital

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Today we spoke with Professor Brendan Kelly - Professor of Psychiatry at Trinity College Dublin and Consultant Psychiatrist at Tallaght University Hospital

Dr Brendan Kelly is a medical doctor who has specialised in psychiatry. His research interests include the epidemiology of psychosis, mental health services, the history of psychiatry, and human rights in mental health. He is 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. Brendan contributes frequently to print and broadcast media and writes regularly for the medical press. He is the Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Law and Psychiatry and has a new book called 'In Search of Madness: A Psychiatrist's Travels Through the History of Mental Illness', following the success of 'The Science of Happiness: The Six Principles of a Happy Life and the Seven Strategies for Achieving It'; reminds us of our chat with Dr Tim Sharp, #132.

Brendan compared psychology and psychiatry for us, and where they compliment each other in practice. We asked why Brendan took this career path...what it is about this profession that stimulates him...and various types of babble! He discussed how psychiatry has evolved globally and in Ireland from the Shutter Island perception of lobotomies to new ways of treating people...and how we are still learning about mental health, neuroscience and mental illness all the time. There are so many questions to be answered!
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Episode Highlights 🗣

• 🧠 The difference between Psychiatry and Psychology
• 🏥 Life working in a hospital amid the global pandemic
• 💥 Lessons to improve our own resilience
• 🏡The challenges of remote working]
• 👐 Positive public health shift around suicide - we can do more
• 💶 How we can improve fund allocation for public health
• ❓ Prof Kelly’s interest in psychiatry and solving seemingly impossible issues
• 🗣 Psychobabble vs Neurobabble

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