Dr Ailbhe Doherty

Ailbhe is a Higher Specialist Trainee in General Adult, Liaison and Perinatal Psychiatry. She graduated from King’s College London School of Medicine in 2016 with a distinction in clinical practice, having previously achieved a first class honours Psychology BA at Trinity College Dublin. Ailbhe has a number of high impact publications, notably a meta-analysis of the efficacy of brief alcohol interventions in the military population, and a systematic review of research on suicidality in people with intellectual disabilities. She is undertaking an MD in UCD, evaluating a clinical guideline for prescribing metformin to prevent antipsychotic-induced weight gain, and exploring the barriers to using metformin.