Niall McCrae

Professor Niall McCrae is a lecturer in mental health at King's College London. His research interests are diverse and some might say eccentric. Intrigued by the legend of lunacy, he wrote The Moon and Madness, urging a more creative approach to studying putative lunar influence on human behaviour. In his work on spiritual experiences in temporal lobe epilepsy he has developed his critique of the naive, materialist tendencies in the doctrine of evidence-based practice. Niall leads research projects on depression and dementia, while in his spare he is writing a history of the mental hospitals in Britain.