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Biography
Roisin Reilly is a Mental Health Nurse with expertise in community and addiction services. She teaches across undergraduate and postgraduate nursing programs and is the Erasmus lead for the Mental Health Nursing discipline within the school. In addition to her teaching responsibilities, she supervises research students at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels. As a doctoral candidate, her research employs grounded theory to explore individuals" experiences of discontinuing psychiatric medication. Her academic and professional interests focus on reducing iatrogenic harm in mental healthcare, promoting person-centered recovery, and exploring the role of interpersonal and intrapersonal communication in mental health practice.
Publications and Further Research Outputs
- Philip James, Roisin Reilly, Supporting clients to make positive changes in health behaviours using the transtheoretical model and motivational interviewing, Mental Health Practice, 28, (1), 2025Journal Article, 2025, DOI , TARA - Full Text
- Doyle, L., Keogh, B., Higgins, A., Morrissey, J., Brennan, M., Holme, I., Reilly, R., & Carr, C., Prisoners' Experiences of Training and Working as a Peer Mental Health Mentor in an Irish Prison., International Journal of Forensic Mental Health, 24, (2), 2025, p83 - 93, p1-11Journal Article, 2025, DOI
- Reilly, R., Keogh, B., Doyle, L. and Cadogan, C., Peoples" experiences of the process of discontinuing psychiatric medication: A classic grounded theory study., Trinity Health and Education International Research Conference (THEconf2025), Trinity Health and Education International Research Conference (THEconf2025): Healthcare in times of crisis: adaptive responses and global innovations, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Trinity College Dublin, Trinity College Dublin, 4th -6th March, Trinity College Dublin, 2025Conference Paper, 2025, URL
- Reilly, R., Keogh, B., Doyle, L. and Cadogan, C, People's Experiences of the Process of Discontinuing Psychiatric Medication: A Classic Grounded Theory Study, The Northern Mental Health Nursing Qualitative Research Forum (NorQual), The University of Central Lancashire (Preston, 9th May 2025, The University of Central Lancashire (Preston), 2025Conference Paper, 2025
- Doyle, L., Keogh, B., Morrissey, J., Reilly, R. & Carr, C., The experiences and support needs of family/supporting adults who accompany someone to the Emergency Department with self-harm, suicide-related ideation and suicide attempt., Trinity College Dublin, May, 2025, p1 - 100Report, TARA - Full Text
Research Expertise
My current research interests include: People's experiences of discontinuing psychiatric medication (PhD topic). Recovery and mental wellness within a holistic paradigm. Interpersonal communication and recovery Addiction and mental wellness *Qualitative research with a current focus on Grounded Theory Methodology.
Mental health nursing, Nursing, Mental health services,