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Terry Lynch is a mental health author, mental health activist, physician and psychotherapist. He lives in Ireland, is married to Marianne and has 3 children, one hilarious dog (Diego) and one real scaredy-cat (Holly).
Born in New York in 1957, at the age of 4 he and his four siblings came from America to Ireland where they lived with their grandmother, a marvellous woman, Elizabeth (“Tessie”) Daly. His parents remained in New York, visiting their children once a year for about two weeks. His mother and father therefore felt more like a visiting aunt and uncle than parents, which felt quite strange.
His childhood was reasonably happy. However he missed his parents greatly, a situation that affected him considerably. In his teens he experienc Terry Lynch is a mental health author, mental health activist, physician and psychotherapist. He lives in Ireland, is married to Marianne and has 3 children, one hilarious dog (Diego) and one real scaredy-cat (Holly).
Born in New York in 1957, at the age of 4 he and his four siblings came from America to Ireland where they lived with their grandmother, a marvellous woman, Elizabeth (“Tessie”) Daly. His parents remained in New York, visiting their children once a year for about two weeks. His mother and father therefore felt more like a visiting aunt and uncle than parents, which felt quite strange.
His childhood was reasonably happy. However he missed his parents greatly, a situation that affected him considerably. In his teens he experienced much anxiety and unhappiness. His experiences have helped him understand people’s heartache and distress. They created a determination within him to do everything he can to progress how emotional and psychological distress including psychiatric diagnoses are understood and responded to internationally.
Terry Lynch qualified as a medical doctor in 1982. He trained to become a general practitioner (family physician), and worked in this capacity until 1999. Having become increasingly concerned about the lack of consideration of the mind and emotions in health in general but especially in mental health, he re-trained as a psychotherapist. Since 2000 he has provided a recovery-oriented mental health service in Limerick, Ireland, attended by people from all over Ireland and beyond. The majority of the people who attend him have a psychiatric diagnosis such as depression, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), eating disorders and borderline personality disorder. Many of the people attending him feel suicidal.
Terry Lynch has been described by psychiatrists Professor Ivor Browne as “enlightened” and Pat Bracken as “a true scientist”. Between 2003 and 2012, he served on several Irish Department of Health-appointed national mental health groups. He was a member of the Expert Group on mental Health Policy (2003-6), which formulated A Vision for Change (2006), Ireland’s official mental health policy document. He was subsequently appointed to the group charged by the Irish government to oversee the implementation of this policy, the Implementation Group for A Vision for Change (2006-9).
He was re-appointed to the Second Implementation Group for a Vision for Change (2009-12). He is the only health professional to have served on all three of these national groups. He was also appointed to the Irish Health Service Executive’s Expert Advisory Group (2006-8), appointed by Professor Brendan Drumm. Terry Lynch resigned from this group in 2008, because the group was making no real progress. This group was officially disbanded later in 2008.
His latest (third) book is Depression Delusion Volume One: The Myth of the Brain Chemical Imbalance, publication date 02nd September 2015. He is also the author of Selfhood: A Key to the recovery of Emotional Wellbeing, Mental health and the Prevention of Mental health Problems and Beyond Prozac: Healing Mental Distress, a best-seller in Ireland in 2001, shortlisted for the 2002 MIND (UK) Book of the Year Award.
Many more books in the pipeline. Expect twelve-fifteen more books on emotional and mental health (including each of the main psychiatric diagnostic categories and suicide) from Terry over the next ten years. Subscribe to his updates and receive free chapters at http://www.doctorterrylynch.com, email info@doctorterrylynch.com. Subscribe to updates at http://www.doctorterrylynch.com.
Terry Lynch been an invited speaker at many mental health meetings including the Samaritans (Ireland) Annual Conference (2015, keynote speaker); Mental Health and Happiness Summit (international, 2014, William Glasser Institute) Listowel Writers Week (2012), Athlone Literary Festival (2013), Critical Perspectives in Mental Health Annual Con ...more

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	Warning: Psychiatry Can Be Hazardous to Your Mental Health by William Glasser, Terry Lynch (Goodreads Author) 3.81 avg rating — 136 ratings — published 2003 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Beyond Prozac : Healing Mental Distress 4.06 avg rating — 33 ratings — published 2004 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	SELFHOOD: A Key to the Recovery of Emotional Wellbeing, Mental Health and the Prevention of Mental Health Problems or A Psychology Self Help Book for Effective Living and Handling Stress 4.27 avg rating — 22 ratings — published 2011 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Depression Delusion Volume One: The Myth of the Brain Chemical Imbalance (Depression Delusion Book Series 1) by Terry Lynch (Goodreads Author), Robert Whitaker (Foreword) 4.09 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 2015 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Systematic Corruption of Global Mental Health: Prescribed Drug Dependence 4.63 avg rating — 8 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Soul Survivor: A Personal Encounter with Psychiatry by Mary Maddock, Jim Maddock, Terry Lynch (Goodreads Author) (Foreword) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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To coincide with my upcoming article in the July 2025 edition of the British Association of Counselling and Psychotherapy (#BACP) journal “Healthcare Counselling and Psychotherapy Journal”, I am currently creating a course for mental health professionals–eg psychotherapists, counsellors, psychologists–on working with people with a psychiatric diagnosis.

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“Dr. Peter Breggin is an American psychiatrist, often referred to as ‘the conscience of psychiatry’. On his website Peter Breggin writes, ‘All psychiatric drugs have the potential to cause withdrawal reactions, including the antidepressants, stimulants, tranquillisers, antipsychotic drugs and ‘mood stabilizers’ such lithium.”
― Terry Lynch, The Systematic Corruption of Global Mental Health: Prescribed Drug Dependence

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“In this new world of information at our fingertips, it takes a concerted effort to keep the public misinformed regarding important matters that concern them. There are several ways in which this can be done. One way is to consistently feed the public with misinformation and untruths as if these are truths, presented with sufficient authority and certainty to persuade even the most reflective of people. This is the method that has been adopted by the medical profession and the pharmaceutical industry in relation to mental health for over half a century. This strategy has been remarkably successful at systematically misinforming the public about the true nature of emotional and mental health problems and their alleviation.”
― Terry Lynch, The Systematic Corruption of Global Mental Health: Prescribed Drug Dependence

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“And how safe are antidepressants when taken for decades? Why is there no systemic attempt to review long-term antidepressant prescribing?”
― Terry Lynch, The Systematic Corruption of Global Mental Health: Prescribed Drug Dependence

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“Have you heard or been told that chemical imbalances occur in depression? If so, you have been seriously misinformed.”
― Terry Lynch, Depression Delusion Volume One: The Myth of the Brain Chemical Imbalance

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“You are what you do, not what you say you'll do.”
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“If while washing dishes, we think only of the cup of tea that awaits us, thus hurrying to get the dishes out of the way as if they were a nuisance, then we are not “washing the dishes to wash the dishes.” What’s more, we are not alive during the time we are washing the dishes. In fact we are completely incapable of realizing the miracle of life while standing at the sink. If we can’t wash the dishes, the chances are we won’t be able to drink our tea either. While drinking the cup of tea, we will only be thinking of other things, barely aware of the cup in our hands. Thus we are sucked away into the future—and we are incapable of actually living one minute of life.”
― Thich Nhat Hanh, The Miracle of Mindfulness: An Introduction to the Practice of Meditation

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