James V. Lucey

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About James V. Lucey

Professor Jim Lucey is the Inspector of Mental Health Services at the Mental Health Commission of Ireland and a Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at Trinity College Dublin (TCD) and an Associate Professor of Psychiatry at the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland RCSI. Prof Lucey was formerly a Consultant Psychiatrist at St. Patrick’s University Hospital in Dublin. From 2008 to 2019 he was Medical Director of St. Patrick`s Mental Health Service (SPMHS), during a period of radical reform of Ireland`s oldest and largest independent not-for-profit Mental-Health provider. He has over 35 years experience in clinical psychiatry. Previous clinical appointments include Consultant Psychiatrist at Connolly Hospital (HSE), Dublin, and Consultant Psychiatrist & Senior Lecturer at St. Bartholomew’s Hospital (NHS), London. Prof Lucey was educated at St Michael’s College, Dublin, the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Trinity College Dublin (TCD) and Kings College, University of London. He graduated MB LRCPSI from RCSI in 1983, MD from TCD in 1993 and PhD from King’s College London He trained at St. Patrick’s Hospital, Dublin, The Maudsley Hospital, London and The Institute of Psychiatry (Kings College, London) where he was a Wellcome Trust Research Fellow. In 2006 and in 2014 he studied leadership at the Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health in Boston. Prof Lucey was formerly a Governor of St Vincent’s Psychiatric Hospital (HSE) in Fairview Dublin, a member of the Health Committee of the Irish Medical Council, and a board member of the Mental Health Commission of Ireland. Prof Lucey is a writer, broadcaster and public speaker with three best selling books on mental health ‘In My Room’, ‘The Life Well-Lived’ and ‘A Whole New Plan For Living’. Recent public speaking engagements include ‘The Lucas Lecture’ for the Apothecary Society at the 2019 RCPI St Luke’s Festival and a key note address at the Irish Mental Health Summit in 2020 and at The National Council for Wellbeing - 2022 Annual Conference in Washington DC USA in 2022. He has presented to many other clinical and non-clinical bodies including the RCPI, RCSI, ICGP, and the BMA. Professor Lucey is a lay cannon of Christ Church Cathedral in Dublin. He is a patron of the Young People’s Theatre company (YPT) and a member of a Celtic-Persian fusion musical ensemble The art of collaboration #TAOC, Recent performances of #TAOC were held at The Hugh Lane Gallery and The Séamus Heaney Exhibit at the Bank of Ireland and the workman’s club in Dublin.