Stephen
McWilliams is a Consultant Psychiatrist at Saint John of God Hospital, Dublin,
and Associate Clinical Professor at the School of Medicine and Medical
Sciences, University College Dublin. He is a graduate of the Royal College of
Surgeons in Ireland (MB, BCh, BAO, LRCPSI), a member of the College of
Psychiatrists of Ireland (MCPsychI) and a fellow of the Royal College of
Psychiatrists in London (FRCPsych). Stephen holds a master’s degree in medical
education (MMEd) and a research doctorate of medicine (MD). In addition to
being Medical Editor of Hospital Doctor
of Ireland, he has authored or co-authored over 250 articles, contributed
to three books and authored four more, notably Fiction and Physicians: Medicine Through the Eyes of Writers.