About the authors

Patricia Casey MB, BCH, BAO, MRCPsych, MD, FRCPsych, FRCPI 

Professor Casey

   

Professor of Psychiatry, Mater Misericordiae University Hospital, University College Dublin, Eccles St., Dublin, Ireland.

 

Email: apsych@mater.ie

 

Declaration of interests: none

 

Professor Casey's research intererests include personality disorder, suicidal behaviour and adjustment disorder. 

 


Alexandra Pitman BA, MSc, MBBS, MRCPsych

Alexandra Pitman

   

 

Academic Clinical Fellow in Psychiatry, Department of Mental Health Sciences, Royal Free and University College Medical School,
Rowland Hill Street, London NW3 4QP

 

Email: alexandra.pitman98@imperial.ac.uk

 

Declaration of interests: none

 

Dr Pitman's research interests include decision analysis in social policy and health economics.

 

 

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