The Modern Psychiatrist's Guide to Contemporary Practice provides an overview of psychiatry, starting with the most fundamental question of all: why does psychiatry exist?

As a psychiatrist, Brendan Kelly is used to extolling the benefits of a daily meditation practice, but following his own advice is a different story. Finding the time to sit…

Translate ‘happiness science’ into day-to-day strategies for contentment. An authoritative and practical guide to increasing your happiness.

In this fascinating new exploration of mental illness, Professor Brendan Kelly examines ‘madness’ in history and how we have responded to it over the centuries. This book is an all-encompassing…

This book explores the human rights consequences of recent and ongoing revisions of mental health legislation in England and Ireland. Presenting a critical discussion of the World Health Organization’s ‘Checklist…

This book comprehensively discusses the background to the passing of India’s revolutionary Mental Healthcare Act, 2017, offering a detailed description of the Act itself and a rigorous analysis in the…

In addition, it develops procedures for seeking evidence of mechanisms, for evaluating evidence of mechanisms, and for combining this evaluation with evidence of association in order to yield an overall…