Patricia Casey is Professor Emeritus of Psychiatry at UCD and a consultant psychiatrist at the Hermitage Medical Clinic in Dublin. Her clinical experience includes Adjustment Disorders, Depression, Stress, Self-harm and Suicide, Capacity Assessments and Psychiatric Care for Obstetric and Gynaecology patients.  She has published 14 books and is the author of over 120 peer reviewed papers in international journals. She edits BJPsych Advances for the Royal College of Psychiatrists.