Ms. Roisin Reilly

Assistant Professor, School of Nursing & Midwifery

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

Peer-Reviewed Publications
Non-Peer-Reviewed Publications

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., Doyle, L., Cadogan, C. and Keogh B., 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
Painter, J. and Reilly, R., Recovery, Choice and Medication: Enabling mental health nurses to navigate person-centered conversations about psychiatric medication, theConf2026, Trinity College Dublin, 04.03.2026, 2026Poster, 2026
Fitzgerald, A., Hollywood, E., Comiskey, C., James, P., Reilly, R., Annunziata, K. N., & Kelly, P., A systematic review and narrative synthesis of barriers and facilitators for the implementation of school-based substance misuse prevention programmes, Global Implementation Research and Applications, (TBC), 2026Journal Article, 2026
Fitzgerald, A., James, P., Hollywood, E., Comiskey, C., Reilly, R., Annunziata, K and Kelly, P., A Systematic Review and Narrative Synthesis of Barriers and Facilitators for the Implementation of School-based Substance Misuse Prevention Programmes, Global Implementation Research and Applications, 2026Journal Article, 2026, URL

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

My current research interests focus on how people experience mental health services, treatment, and recovery. This includes work on experiences of discontinuing psychiatric medication, which forms the basis of my PhD, alongside a broader interest in recovery and mental wellness from a holistic perspective, including a more holistic understanding of mental distress. I am also interested in the role of interpersonal communication in supporting recovery, and in the use of medications and other substances as coping mechanisms during periods of distress, particularly in the context of service use and clinical decision making. I have a developing interest in safeguarding from iatrogenic harm, including consideration of autonomy and informed consent in mental health care. My work considers how these experiences shape engagement with services and recovery processes. Methodologically, my work is grounded in qualitative research, with a particular focus on grounded theory methods, to inform practice from the perspective of those directly experiencing care, with attention to individual experiences, behaviours, and core concerns, and with relevance to mental health nursing practice and service development.

Mental health nursing, Nursing, Mental health services,

Recognition

Memberships
Representations

Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland present

External Examiner at Dundalk Institute of Technology (UG MH Nursing programme and the Certificate in Perinatal Mental Health) Jan 2026