British psychiatrist and broadcaster. He studied at University College Dublin, and London University, became registrar at St Patrick's Hospital, Dublin (19679), then was appointed professor in the Department of Psychological Medicine at St Bartholomew's Hospital Medical College, London (19828), and professor of clinical psychiatry, Trinity College, Dublin (198595). His many broadcasts include BBC's In the Psychiatrist's Chair (1982 ), and among his books are Let's Talk About Me (1981), Depression and How to Survive It (1993, with Spike Milligan), In the Psychiatrist's Chair II (1995), and On Men (2000).
24 December 1943) is well known in the UK and Ireland for presenting programmes about psychiatry on BBC TV and Radio. Author of several popular books on psychiatry, he has held the positions of Professor of Clinical Psychiatry at Trinity College Dublin and Medical Director of St Patrick's Hospital, where he is now a Consultant General Adult Psychiatrist.
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