DrCaragh Behan

Dr Caragh Behan is a Psychiatrist and Senior Clinical Lecturer in the Department of Psychiatry at the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland. She holds a PhD in Health Economics, a Membership of the Royal College of Psychiatrists (MRCPsych), and an associate fellowship of the Royal College of Surgeons (AFRCSI). She has post graduate qualifications in Medical Education, Family Therapy and in Mindfulness Meditation.  Clinically she is on the General Adult Psychiatry Specialist Register and has been affiliated with the DETECT early intervention for psychosis service in Dublin, Practitioner Health and the adult services in St John of God Community Services. Her interests span compassionate healthcare, youth mental health, health services research, health economics research, physical and mental illness comorbidity and the lived experience of being a patient and carer. She is on the PPI in Education committee in RCSI and is a faculty advisor for the Gold Honour Humanism Society (GHHS). She is a guest editor for the BMC Medical Education special issue on Psychiatry education and its challenges, and is on the editorial board of the Irish Journal of Psychological Medicine (IJPM). She has co-authored a book on Compassionate Healthcare with Prof. Brendan Kelly.