Patrick McKeon

Pat is a founding member of Aware and a Consultant Psychiatrist. He was Medical Director at St Patrick’s Hospital, Dublin and Professor of Clinical Psychiatry at Trinity College Dublin and specializes in the management of depression and bipolar moods. He actively promotes the role of those with lived experience of mood problems as being ‘experts by experience’ who are uniquely placed to both raise public awareness and understanding of mood problems and provide support and knowledge to peers and their families who are on a similar journey. He has a wealth of experience as a member of boards, particularly in the area of corporate governance, management of charities, and fundraising. He has researched, written, and broadcasted extensively on depression and bipolar and is currently researching the benefits of mood monitoring apps in the management of bipolar spectrum moods and difficult-to-treat depressions.