List of psychiatrists
Encyclopedia
This list includes notable psychiatrist
s.
Individuals listed below are all physicians, and are board certified
by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology
, or are members of the American Psychiatric Association
, or the Royal College of Psychiatrists
in the United Kingdom
, or another professional medical psychiatric association in a different country.
Additional lists of psychiatrists can be found at the articles Famous figures in psychiatry (though not all individuals at this list are psychiatrists and medical doctors), Fictional psychiatrists, and List of physicians.
Medical doctors who are psychiatrists and included in those lists; are also listed below:
Lists
Psychiatrist
A psychiatrist is a physician who specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of mental disorders. All psychiatrists are trained in diagnostic evaluation and in psychotherapy...
s.
Individuals listed below are all physicians, and are board certified
American Board of Medical Specialties
The American Board of Medical Specialties is a non-profit physician-led umbrella organization for 24 of the 26 approved medical specialty boards in the United States...
by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology
American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology
The American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, Inc. is a nonprofit corporation that was founded in 1934 following conferences of committees appointed by the American Psychiatric Association, the American Neurological Association, and the then Section on Nervous and Mental Diseases of the American...
, or are members of the American Psychiatric Association
American Psychiatric Association
The American Psychiatric Association is the main professional organization of psychiatrists and trainee psychiatrists in the United States, and the most influential worldwide. Its some 38,000 members are mainly American but some are international...
, or the Royal College of Psychiatrists
Royal College of Psychiatrists
The Royal College of Psychiatrists is the main professional organisation of psychiatrists in the United Kingdom responsible for representing psychiatrists, psychiatric research and providing public information about mental health problems...
in the United Kingdom
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
, or another professional medical psychiatric association in a different country.
Additional lists of psychiatrists can be found at the articles Famous figures in psychiatry (though not all individuals at this list are psychiatrists and medical doctors), Fictional psychiatrists, and List of physicians.
Medical doctors who are psychiatrists and included in those lists; are also listed below:
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- Ahmed OkashaAhmed OkashaAhmed Okasha M.D., PhD, FRCP, FRCPsych, FACP is an Egyptian psychiatrist. He is a professor of psychiatry at Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt...
, Egyptian psychiatrist, president of World Psychiatric Association from 2002 to 2005. - Jean-Marie AbgrallJean-Marie AbgrallJean-Marie Abgrall, born April 12, 1950 in Toulon, France, is a French psychiatrist, criminologist, specialist in forensic medicine, cult consultant, and graduate in criminal law. He has been an expert witness at the Supreme Court of Appeal and Court for Businesses in France on the subject of...
(1950 – ), French specializing in forensic medicine - Keith AblowKeith AblowKeith Russell Ablow is an American psychiatrist, New York Times best-selling author, and television personality who now serves as a Fox News contributor on psychiatry, while maintaining private practices in Newburyport, Massachusetts and Manhattan, New York.-Early life and training:Ablow was born...
(1961 – ), American television psychiatrist - Alfred AdlerAlfred AdlerAlfred Adler was an Austrian medical doctor, psychotherapist, and founder of the school of individual psychology. In collaboration with Sigmund Freud and a small group of Freud's colleagues, Adler was among the co-founders of the psychoanalytic movement as a core member of the Vienna...
(1870–1937), individual psychology - Leo AlexanderLeo AlexanderDr. Leo Alexander was an American psychiatrist, neurologist, educator, and author, of Austrian-Jewish origin. He was a key medical advisor during the Nuremberg Trials...
(1905–1985), Austrian–American psychiatrist, author - Alois AlzheimerAlois AlzheimerAloysius "Alois" Alzheimer, was a German psychiatrist and neuropathologist and a colleague of Emil Kraepelin. Alzheimer is credited with identifying the first published case of "presenile dementia", which Kraepelin would later identify as Alzheimer's disease....
(1864–1915), German psychiatrist, Alzheimer's diseaseAlzheimer's diseaseAlzheimer's disease also known in medical literature as Alzheimer disease is the most common form of dementia. There is no cure for the disease, which worsens as it progresses, and eventually leads to death... - Nancy C. AndreasenNancy C. AndreasenNancy Coover Andreasen is an American neuroscientist and neuropsychiatrist. She currently holds the Andrew H. Woods Chair of Psychiatry at the University of Iowa Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine.-Early life:...
, Recipient, National Medal of ScienceNational Medal of ScienceThe National Medal of Science is an honor bestowed by the President of the United States to individuals in science and engineering who have made important contributions to the advancement of knowledge in the fields of behavioral and social sciences, biology, chemistry, engineering, mathematics and...
in 2000, Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics - Vittorino Andreoli, Italian Professor of Psychiatry, Member of the New York Academy of Sciences, President of Honour of The Section "Psychopathology of Expression" of the World Psychiatric Association (WPA)
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- Franco BasagliaFranco BasagliaFranco Basaglia was an Italian psychiatrist and neurologist, professor who proposed the dismantling of psychiatric hospitals, pioneer of the modern concept of mental health, Italian psychiatry reformer, charismatic leader in Italian psychiatry, figurehead and founder of Democratic...
(1924–1980), Italian psychiatrist and mental health reformer - Jack BarchasJack BarchasJack David Barchas, M.D. is the Barklie McKee Henry Professor and Chairman of the Department of Psychiatry at the Weill Cornell Medical College of Cornell University and the Psychiatrist-in-Chief of the New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center and the Payne Whitney Psychiatric...
, American psychiatrist, Chairman, Department of Psychiatry, Weill Cornell Medical College - Peter BaumannPeter Baumann (psychiatrist)Peter Baumann was a Swiss psychiatrist who engendered controversy for conducting physician assisted suicides.- Background :Baumann began practising when 38 years old in Zurich. He employed body therapy in addition to more conventional methods and attracted attention with his comments on Swiss...
(1935 – ), Swiss psychiatrist, advocate for psycholytic therapy and euthanasia - Aaron T. BeckAaron T. BeckAaron Temkin Beck is an American psychiatrist and a professor emeritus in the department of psychiatry at the University of Pennsylvania. He is widely regarded as the father of cognitive therapy, and his pioneering theories are widely used in the treatment of clinical depression...
(1921 – ), American psychiatrist, father of cognitive therapyCognitive therapyCognitive behavioral therapy is a psychotherapeutic approach: a talking therapy. CBT aims to solve problems concerning dysfunctional emotions, behaviors and cognitions through a goal-oriented, systematic procedure in the present... - Eugen BleulerEugen BleulerPaul Eugen Bleuler was a Swiss psychiatrist most notable for his contributions to the understanding of mental illness and for coining the term "schizophrenia."-Biography:...
(1857–1940), Swiss psychiatrist, named term "schizophreniaSchizophreniaSchizophrenia is a mental disorder characterized by a disintegration of thought processes and of emotional responsiveness. It most commonly manifests itself as auditory hallucinations, paranoid or bizarre delusions, or disorganized speech and thinking, and it is accompanied by significant social...
" - Ian BrockingtonIan BrockingtonIan Brockington was the son of Colin Fraser Brockington, one of the top names in British medicine. Ian trained as a cardiologist and went to Nigeria where he completed a monumental work on cardiomyopathy which formed the basis for his doctoral thesis .However, on his return he decided to train in...
(1935 – ), British psychiatrist, researched nosology of psychiatry - William BreitbartWilliam BreitbartWilliam S. Breitbart, FAPM, is an American psychiatrist who is an international leader in the fields of Psychosomatic Medicine, Psycho-oncology, and Palliative Care. Dr...
, American psychiatrist, Chief, Psychiatry Service, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer CenterMemorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer CenterMemorial Sloan–Kettering Cancer Center is a cancer treatment and research institution founded in 1884 as the New York Cancer Hospital... - John Charles BucknillJohn Charles BucknillSir John Charles Bucknill FRS English mental health reformer. Father of judge Sir Thomas Townsend Bucknill QC MP.-Biography:Bucknill was born in Market Bosworth, Leicestershire, and educated at Rugby School and at University College, London...
(1817–1897), British psychiatrist and mental health reformer
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- Donald Ewen CameronDonald Ewen CameronDonald Ewen Cameron , commonly referred to as "D. Ewen Cameron" or "Ewen Cameron," was a twentieth-century Scottish-born psychiatrist who was involved in the United States Central Intelligence Agency's research on mind control and served as President of the Canadian, American and World Psychiatric...
(1901-1967), Scottish born psychiatrist, "depatterning" and "psychic driving" CIA funded experiments, head of APA and WPA - John CadeJohn CadeFor the former Maryland State Senator, see John A. CadeFor the Louisiana Republican state chairman, see John H. Cade, Jr.Dr John Frederick Joseph Cade AO was an Australian psychiatrist credited with discovering the effects of lithium carbonate as a mood stabilizer in the treatment of bipolar...
(1912–1980), Australian psychiatrist, Lithium therapy research - Fiona CaldicottFiona CaldicottDame Fiona Caldicott, DBE, FRCPsych, FRCP, FRCPI, FRCGP, FMedSci, is a psychiatrist and psychotherapist and, previously, Principal of Somerville College, Oxford....
(born 1941), British psychiatrist - Daniel Harold CasrielDaniel Harold CasrielDaniel Harold Casriel was an American psychiatrist, psychoanalyst and author. He was born in New York City on 1 Mar, 1924 and died at his home in Manhattan on 7 June 1983 age 59 from a form of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis...
(1924–1983), U.S. psychiatrist, creator of 'The New Identity Process' (now called Bonding Psychotherapy) - Ferdinando CazzamalliFerdinando CazzamalliFerdinando Cazzamalli was an Italian psychiatrist from Crema, Lombardy, who was also interested in paranormal phenomena.Hewas the director of a psychiatric hospital in Como, but later became a lecturer in psychiatry at the university of Modena, which employed Cazzamalli in a 20-years together with...
(1887–1958), Italian psychiatrist, interested in paranormal and metaphysics - Anthony ClareAnthony ClareAnthony Ward Clare was an Irish psychiatrist well known in the UK and Ireland as a presenter of radio and TV programmes.-Career:...
(1942–2007), Irish psychiatrist - John Gordon ClarkJohn Gordon ClarkJohn 'Jack' Gordon Clark was a Harvard psychiatrist and authority in research on the alleged damaging effects of cults.He was the target of harassment from Scientologists after he testified against them to the Vermont congress in 1976....
(1926–1999), American psychiatrist, 1991 psychiatrist of the year, Psychiatric Times - Ugo CerlettiUgo CerlettiUgo Cerletti was an Italian neurologist who discovered the method of electroconvulsive therapy in psychiatry. Electroconvulsive therapy is a procedure in which electric currents are passed through the brain, deliberately triggering a brief seizure...
(1877–1963), Italian neurologist, specialised in neuropsychiatryNeuropsychiatryNeuropsychiatry is the branch of medicine dealing with mental disorders attributable to diseases of the nervous system. It preceded the current disciplines of psychiatry and neurology, in as much as psychiatrists and neurologists had a common training....
and electroconvulsive therapyElectroconvulsive therapyElectroconvulsive therapy , formerly known as electroshock, is a psychiatric treatment in which seizures are electrically induced in anesthetized patients for therapeutic effect. Its mode of action is unknown... - Eustace ChesserEustace ChesserEustace Chesser was a Scottish psychiatrist, social reformer and writer.-Life and career:He was born in Edinburgh to Russian immigrants and attended George Watson's College. He received his medical degree from the University of Edinburgh. In 1940 he published a sex manual entitled Love Without Fear...
(1902–1973), Scottish psychiatrist - John CuttingJohn Cutting (psychiatrist)Dr. John Charles Cutting, who writes as Dr. John Cutting , is a British psychiatrist specializing in schizophrenia research...
, British psychiatrist and writer, specialising in schizophreniaSchizophreniaSchizophrenia is a mental disorder characterized by a disintegration of thought processes and of emotional responsiveness. It most commonly manifests itself as auditory hallucinations, paranoid or bizarre delusions, or disorganized speech and thinking, and it is accompanied by significant social...
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- Eric Cunningham DaxEric Cunningham DaxDr Eric Cunningham Dax, AO, BSc Lond, HonMD, FRACP, FRANZCP, HonFRCPsych was a British psychiatrist resident in Australia from 1952.-Clinical Work in England:...
(1908–2008), British psychiatrist, specialised in shock therapyShock therapyShock therapy or shock treatment may refer to:* A form of aversion therapy in which an electric shock is used as a negative stimulus* Electroconvulsive therapy, or electroshock, a psychiatric treatment in which seizures are electrically induced in anaesthetized patients for therapeutic effect*...
and lobotomyLobotomyLobotomy "; τομή – tomē: "cut/slice") is a neurosurgical procedure, a form of psychosurgery, also known as a leukotomy or leucotomy . It consists of cutting the connections to and from the prefrontal cortex, the anterior part of the frontal lobes of the brain... - Arthur J. DeikmanArthur J. DeikmanArthur J. Deikman is a clinical professor of psychiatry at the University of California, San Francisco, and a member of the editorial board of the Journal of Humanistic Psychology and Human Givens...
(1929 – ), American psychiatrist, author, The Wrong Way HomeThe Wrong Way Home (book)The Wrong Way Home: Uncovering the Patterns of Cult Behavior in American Society, is a book on cult culture within the United States, written by Arthur J. Deikman, M.D.. The book was originally published in hardcover format in December 1990 by Beacon Press, and reprinted in paperback form... - Christine DeanChristine DeanProfessor Christine Dean BA. MD. FRCPsych is a London psychiatrist currently consulting at the Priory Hospital Roehampton, the British Association of Performing Arts Medicine , The Helen Bamber Foundation, in her private practice and as a medical member of the Mental Health Review Tribunals,...
(1939 – ), British community psychiatrist; alternatives to psychiatric hospitalPsychiatric hospitalPsychiatric hospitals, also known as mental hospitals, are hospitals specializing in the treatment of serious mental disorders. Psychiatric hospitals vary widely in their size and grading. Some hospitals may specialise only in short-term or outpatient therapy for low-risk patients...
treatment and human rightsHuman rightsHuman rights are "commonly understood as inalienable fundamental rights to which a person is inherently entitled simply because she or he is a human being." Human rights are thus conceived as universal and egalitarian . These rights may exist as natural rights or as legal rights, in both national...
of people with mental health problems. - Mason DurieMason Durie-Family:Durie is the older brother of former High Court Judge and Chief Judge of the Maori Land Court The Honourable Sir Edward Taihakurei Durie KNZM.-External links:* *...
New Zealand Psychiatrist - DS Mac MD Adult Psychiatrist Agoura Hills, CA
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- Leon EisenbergLeon EisenbergLeon Eisenberg was a child psychiatrist, social psychiatrist and medical educator who . He was credited with a number of "firsts" in medicine and psychiatry - in child psychiatry, autism, and the controversies around autism, randomized clinical trials , social medicine, global health, affirmative...
(1922–2009), American psychiatrist and medical educator, first RCT in clinical child psychopharmacology, protege of Leo Kanner, author of early articles about autism and neurodevelopmental disorders - Milton H. EricksonMilton H. EricksonMilton Hyland Erickson, was an American psychiatrist specializing in medical hypnosis and family therapy...
(1901–1980), American psychiatrist, founding president, American Society for Clinical Hypnosis
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- Wayne FentonWayne FentonWayne Fenton was an American psychiatrist, well known for his academic contributions to the study of schizophrenia including key contributions to the classification of subtypes ....
, as per National Institute of Mental HealthNational Institute of Mental HealthThe National Institute of Mental Health is one of 27 institutes and centers that make up the National Institutes of Health...
, ex-Chestnut LodgeChestnut LodgeChestnut Lodge was a historic building in Rockville, Maryland, United States, well known as a psychiatric institution. It was a contributing property to the West Montgomery Avenue Historic District.-History:...
, died 2006 - Daniel X. Freedman (1921–1993), American psychiatrist, pioneer in biological psychiatry
- Walter Freeman, American psychiatrist, office leucotomist
- Jacob H. FriedmanJacob H. FriedmanJacob H. Friedman was an American psychiatrist, one of the pioneers of geriatric psychiatry and an authority on marriage phobia...
(1905–1973), American psychiatrist, pioneer in geriatric psychiatry - Sigmund FreudSigmund FreudSigmund Freud , born Sigismund Schlomo Freud , was an Austrian neurologist who founded the discipline of psychoanalysis...
(1856–1939), Austrian neurologist, "the father of psychoanalysis"
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- Lars Christopher GillbergChristopher GillbergLars Christopher Gillberg , who has sometimes published as Gillberg and Gillberg with his wife Carina Gillberg, is a professor of child and adolescent psychiatry at Gothenburg University in Gothenburg, Sweden, and an honorary professor at the Institute of Child Health , University College London...
(1950 – ), Swedish psychiatrist, researched on ADHD and autismAutismAutism is a disorder of neural development characterized by impaired social interaction and communication, and by restricted and repetitive behavior. These signs all begin before a child is three years old. Autism affects information processing in the brain by altering how nerve cells and their... - William GlasserWilliam GlasserWilliam Glasser, M.D. is an American psychiatrist.Born in Cleveland, Ohio, he is the developer of reality therapy and choice theory...
(1925 – ), American psychiatrist, Reality TherapyReality TherapyReality therapy is an approach to psychotherapy and counseling. It was developed by the psychiatrist Dr. William Glasser in 1965. Reality therapy is considered a cognitive-behavioural approach to treatment ....
and Choice TheoryChoice theoryThis article is about choice theory in psychology and education. For choice theory in economics, see rational choice theory.The term choice theory is the work of William Glasser, MD, author of the book so named, and is the culmination of some 50 years of theory and practice in psychology and... - Semyon GluzmanSemyon GluzmanSemyon Fishelevich Gluzman is a Ukrainian psychiatrist, human rights activist, the president and founder of the Ukrainian Psychiatric Association, founder of the American-Ukrainian Bureau for Human Rights, director of the International Medical Rehabilitation Center for the Victims of War and...
(1946 – ), Soviet and Ukrainian psychiatrist and ‘whistle blower’ on political abuse of psychiatry in the Soviet Union - Richard Green (sexologist)Richard Green (sexologist)Richard Green is an American sexologist, psychiatrist, lawyer, and author specializing in homosexuality and transsexualism, specifically gender identity disorder in children. Green is the founding editor of the Archives of Sexual Behavior , and served as Editor until 2001...
(1938 – ), American psychiatrist, influential work done in studying gender identityGender identityA gender identity is the way in which an individual self-identifies with a gender category, for example, as being either a man or a woman, or in some cases being neither, which can be distinct from biological sex. Basic gender identity is usually formed by age three and is extremely difficult to... - Mikhail GurevichMikhail Gurevich (psychiatrist)Mikhail Osipovich Gurevich was a Russian and Soviet psychiatrist, one of leaders of Russian psychoneurology, honoured worker of science of the RSFSR, and a full member of the USSR Academy of Medical Sciences.- Biography :Gurvich was born on 18 September 1878 in the village of Sosnytsia, Chernigov...
(1878–1953), Russian psychiatrist and pioneer of Soviet child psychiatry - Samuel GuzeSamuel guzeSamuel Barry Guze was a psychiatrist, medical educator, and researcher. He was one of the most influential psychiatrists in the contemporary world. He was on faculty at Washington University in St. Louis. Along with Eli Robins, Guze advanced psychiatry by establishing criteria for diagnosis...
, (October 18, 1923 – July 19, 2000) was an American psychiatrist, medical educator, and researcher.
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- David A. HalperinDavid A. HalperinDavid A. Halperin was an American psychiatrist, editor and author. Dr. Halperin was Associate Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at Mount Sinai School of Medicine. Dr. Halperin, was a published poet and also the editor of Psychodynamic Perspectives on Religion, Sect, and Cult, as well as other...
(1934–2003), American psychiatrist - John HochmanJohn HochmanJohn Ira Hochman is an American forensic psychiatrist and surgeon who has written about the psychology of "cults", abuse and false memory syndrome.-Education:*Secondary Specialty, Forensic Psychiatry...
(1946 – ), American psychiatrist, specializing in forensic psychiatryForensic psychiatryForensic psychiatry is a sub-speciality of psychiatry and an auxiliar science of criminology. It encompasses the interface between law and psychiatry... - Robert Galbraith HeathRobert Galbraith HeathDr. Robert Galbraith Heath was an American psychiatrist. He followed the theory of biological psychiatry that organic defects were the sole source of mental illness, and that consequently mental problems were treatable by physical means.Heath founded the Department of Psychiatry and Neurology at...
(1915–1999), American psychiatrist and neurologist - Karen HorneyKaren HorneyKaren Horney born Danielsen was a German-American psychoanalyst. Her theories questioned some traditional Freudian views, particularly his theory of sexuality, as well as the instinct orientation of psychoanalysis and its genetic psychology...
(1885–1952), German psychiatrist, "neo-FreudianNeo-FreudianThe Neo-Freudian psychiatrists and psychologists were a group of loosely linked American theorists of the mid-twentieth century, who were all influenced by Sigmund Freud, but who extended his theories, often in social or cultural directions...
" - Henry Mills HurdHenry Mills HurdHenry Mills Hurd was the first director of the Johns Hopkins Hospital and remained in that post for 22 years following which he was appointed Secretary to the Board of Trustees...
(1843–1927), American psychiatrist, the first director of the Johns Hopkins HospitalJohns Hopkins HospitalThe Johns Hopkins Hospital is the teaching hospital and biomedical research facility of Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, located in Baltimore, Maryland . It was founded using money from a bequest by philanthropist Johns Hopkins...
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- Karl JaspersKarl JaspersKarl Theodor Jaspers was a German psychiatrist and philosopher who had a strong influence on modern theology, psychiatry and philosophy. After being trained in and practicing psychiatry, Jaspers turned to philosophical inquiry and attempted to discover an innovative philosophical system...
(1883–1969), German psychiatrist and existential philosopher - Eve JohnstoneEve JohnstoneEve C. Johnstone , CBE MD FRCP FRCPsych DPM FMedSci FRSE is a Scottish neuroscientist. She is currently Professor of Psychiatry and Head of the Division of Psychiatry at the University of Edinburgh....
, British psychiatrist, Head of Division of Psychiatry, University of EdinburghUniversity of EdinburghThe University of Edinburgh, founded in 1583, is a public research university located in Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland, and a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The university is deeply embedded in the fabric of the city, with many of the buildings in the historic Old Town belonging to the university... - Carl JungCarl JungCarl Gustav Jung was a Swiss psychiatrist and the founder of Analytical Psychology. Jung is considered the first modern psychiatrist to view the human psyche as "by nature religious" and make it the focus of exploration. Jung is one of the best known researchers in the field of dream analysis and...
(1875–1961), Swiss psychiatrist, founder of analytical psychologyAnalytical psychologyAnalytical psychology is the school of psychology originating from the ideas of Swiss psychiatrist Carl Jung. His theoretical orientation has been advanced by his students and other thinkers who followed in his tradition. Though they share similarities, analytical psychology is distinct from...
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- Eric Richard Kandel (1929 – ), American psychiatrist, 2000 Nobel Prize in Physiology or MedicineNobel Prize in Physiology or MedicineThe Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine administered by the Nobel Foundation, is awarded once a year for outstanding discoveries in the field of life science and medicine. It is one of five Nobel Prizes established in 1895 by Swedish chemist Alfred Nobel, the inventor of dynamite, in his will...
- Robert Evan KendellRobert Evan KendellDr. Robert Evan Kendell, FRSE was a Welsh psychiatrist.He attended Cambridge Medical School and after a brief stint in internal medicine he joined the Maudsley Hospital. He trained under Sir Aubrey Lewis. Kendell was later awarded the Gaskell Medal. Aged 38 he was appointed to the chair of...
, nosology - Seymour S. KetySeymour S. KetySeymour S. Kety was an American neuroscientist who was credited with making modern psychiatry a rigorous and heuristic branch of medicine by applying basic science to the study of human behavior in health and disease...
(1915–2000), American psychiatrist, Psychiatric genetics - Anatoly KoryaginAnatoly KoryaginAnatoly Ivanovich Koryagin is a Russian psychiatrist and Soviet dissident. He holds a Candidate of Science degree .- Early career :...
(1938 – ), Russian psychiatrist and ‘whistle blower’ on punitive psychiatry in the Soviet Union - Emil KraepelinEmil KraepelinEmil Kraepelin was a German psychiatrist. H.J. Eysenck's Encyclopedia of Psychology identifies him as the founder of modern scientific psychiatry, as well as of psychopharmacology and psychiatric genetics. Kraepelin believed the chief origin of psychiatric disease to be biological and genetic...
(1856–1926), German psychiatrist, founder of modern scientific psychiatry - Arnold KutzinskiArnold KutzinskiArnold Kutzinski was a Jewish German psychiatrist and neurologist, known as an outspoken critic of psychoanalysis.He studied medicine at the University of Berlin, University in Munich and Freiburg, where he graduated in 1905. Subsequently he became assistant to Bonhoeffer at the Charité...
(d. 1956), German psychiatrist
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- Ronald David LaingRonald David LaingRonald David Laing was a Scottish psychiatrist who wrote extensively on mental illnessin particular, the experience of psychosis...
(1927–1989), Scottish psychiatrist, Antipsychiatry - Karl LeonhardKarl LeonhardKarl Leonhard was a German psychiatrist, who stood in the tradition of Carl Wernicke and Karl Kleist. He created a complex classification of psychotic illnesses called nosological.His work covered Psychology, Psychotherapy, Biological psychiatry and Biological psychology...
(1904–1988), German psychiatrist, nosology - Saul V. LevineSaul V. LevineSaul V. Levine is a Canadian psychiatrist and author. Levine is a professor of psychiatry at the University of Toronto and a senior psychiatrist at the "Hospital for Sick Children"...
, Canadian psychiatrist, author, Radical Departures: Desperate Detours to Growing Up - Aubrey LewisAubrey LewisSir Aubrey Julian Lewis, FRCP, FRCPsych , was the first Professor of Psychiatry at the Institute of Psychiatry, London, and is credited with being a driving force behind the flowering of British psychiatry after World War II as well as raising the profile of the profession worldwide.-Early...
(1900-1975), Australian born psychiatrist, Clinical Director of the Maudsley Hospital, pivoltal influence on British psychiatry - Robert Jay LiftonRobert Jay LiftonRobert Jay Lifton is an American psychiatrist and author, chiefly known for his studies of the psychological causes and effects of war and political violence and for his theory of thought reform...
(1926 – ), American psychiatrist, author, Thought Reform - Manuel Isaias LopezManuel Isaias LopezManuel Isaias Lopez, MD is a prominent child psychiatrist, trained in Philadelphia, who currently lives and has a practice in Barcelona, Spain. He founded the Child and Adolescent Psychiatry subspecialty program at National Autonomous University of Mexico in 1972. He also founded and was the first...
(1941 – ), Mexican psychiatrist, bioethicsBioethicsBioethics is the study of controversial ethics brought about by advances in biology and medicine. Bioethicists are concerned with the ethical questions that arise in the relationships among life sciences, biotechnology, medicine, politics, law, and philosophy.... - Abraham LowAbraham LowAbraham Low , was a Jewish-American neuropsychiatrist noted for his work establishing self-help programs for the mentally ill, and criticism of Freudian psychoanalysis. He was born February 28, 1891 in Baranów Sandomierski, Poland....
(1891–1954), founder of Recovery International (formerly Recovery, Inc.)
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- William Mayer-Gross (1889-1961), German born psychiatrist, Professor of Psychiatry, University of Heidelberg, Director of Clinical Research Crichton Royal Mental Hospital, Dumfries, co-author of Clinical Psychiatry
- Thomas McGlashanThomas McGlashanDr. Thomas McGlashan is an American professor of psychiatry at Yale University, well known for his academic contributions to the study of schizophrenia and other mental illnesses.- Professional career :...
Professor of Psychiatry at Yale Medical School - Friedrich MeggendorferFriedrich MeggendorferFriedrich Meggendorfer was a German psychiatrist and neurologist.- Life :Born in Bad Aibling, Bavaria, he was intended to take over the local colonial goods store of his ancestors. He enjoyed an excellent international education aimed at preparing him for this role...
(1880 - 1953), German psychiatrist and neurologist, early describer of familial Creutzfeldt-Jakob diseaseCreutzfeldt-Jakob diseaseCreutzfeldt–Jakob disease or CJD is a degenerative neurological disorder that is incurable and invariably fatal. CJD is at times called a human form of mad cow disease, given that bovine spongiform encephalopathy is believed to be the cause of variant Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease in humans.CJD...
. - Joseph Merlino, psychiatrist, author and hospital administrator.
- Adolf MeyerAdolf Meyer (psychiatrist)Adolf Meyer, M.D., LL.D., , was a Swiss psychiatrist who rose to prominence as the president of the American Psychiatric Association and was one of the most influential figures in psychiatry in the first half of the twentieth century...
(1866–1950) Swiss psychiatrist, past president, American Psychiatric Association - Robert MichaelsRobert Michels (physician)Robert Michels is University Professor of Medicine and of Psychiatry at Weill Cornell Medical College and a Training and Supervising Psychoanalyst at the Columbia University Center for Psychoanalytic Training and Research....
American psychiatrist. University Professor and former Dean, Weill Cornell Medical College - Niall McLaren, Australian psychiatrist and philosopher of the mind, author of Humanizing Madness and Humanizing Psychiatry.
- Loren MosherLoren MosherLoren Richard Mosher was an American psychiatrist, clinical professor of psychiatry, expert on schizophrenia and the chief of the Center for Studies of Schizophrenia in the National Institute of Mental Health...
(1933–2004), an American psychiatrist, creating SoteriaSoteriaSoteria is a community service that provides a space for people experiencing mental distress or crisis. Based on a recovery model, common elements of the Soteria approach include primarily non-medical staffing; preserving resident's personal power, social networks, and communal responsibilities;...
houses - Patrick McGorryPatrick McGorryPatrick Dennistoun McGorry FRCP FASSA FRANZCP AO PhD MD is an Australian psychiatrist, best known for his development of the early intervention services for youth....
, developed early psychosis model
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- Conolly NormanConolly NormanConolly Norman was an Irish alienist, or psychiatrist, of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. He was the Resident Medical Superintendent of a number of district asylums, most notably Ireland’s largest asylum, the Richmond District Lunatic Asylum, now known as St...
Irish psychiatrist, R.M.S. of the Richmond District Lunatic AsylumSt. Brendan's Hospital (Grangegorman)St. Brendan's Hospital is a psychiatric facility located in the north Dublin suburb of Grangegorman. It forms part of the HSE mental health services of Dublin North East. Its catchment area is North West Dublin...
, Dublin, Ireland (1886-1908)
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- Peter A. OlssonPeter A. OlssonPeter A. Olsson is an American psychiatrist, psychoanalyst and author. He is author of the book, Malignant Pied Pipers of Our Time: A Psychological Study of Destructive Cult Leaders from Rev...
(1941 – ) American psychiatrist, author Malignant Pied Pipers of Our Time (book) - Ian OswaldIan OswaldIan Oswald is a retired sleep researcher and psychiatrist.-Academic career:He was educated first in London and later in Belper, Derbyshire. In 1947, he became a medical student at Caius College, Cambridge, gaining a First Class Honours degree in the Part 2 Tripos in Psychology...
(1929 – ) British psychiatrist, sleep research
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- Gordon ParkerGordon ParkerGordon Parker is Scientia Professor of Psychiatry at the University of New South Wales, specializing in clinical research in mental health in particular depression & bipolar disorder....
Australian Psychiatrist, famous for work on mood disorders, in particular melancholiaMelancholiaMelancholia , also lugubriousness, from the Latin lugere, to mourn; moroseness, from the Latin morosus, self-willed, fastidious habit; wistfulness, from old English wist: intent, or saturnine, , in contemporary usage, is a mood disorder of non-specific depression,...
. - Issy PilowskyIssy PilowskyIssy Pilowsky, AM, MB, ChB, MD , DPM, FRANZCP, FRCPsych, FRACP, was Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Adelaide from 1971 to 1997. He is known for the concept of abnormal illness behaviour, writings around pain and somatoform disorders...
Australian Psychiatrist, famous for work on abnormal illness behaviour - Philippe PinelPhilippe PinelPhilippe Pinel was a French physician who was instrumental in the development of a more humane psychological approach to the custody and care of psychiatric patients, referred to today as moral therapy...
(1745–1826) French psychiatrist, regarded as father of modern psychiatry - M. Scott PeckM. Scott PeckMorgan Scott Peck was an American psychiatrist and best-selling author, best known for his first book, The Road Less Traveled, published in 1978.-Biography:...
(1936–2005) American psychiatrist, focused on love and spiritual growth
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- John Rawlings ReesJohn Rawlings ReesJohn Rawlings Rees OBE MD RAMC was a wartime and civilian psychiatrist and became a brigadier in the British Army. He was a member of the group of key figures at the original Tavistock Clinic and became its medical director from 1934...
(1890–1969), British psychiatrist, Military psychiatry and mind control - W. H. R. RiversW. H. R. RiversWilliam Halse Rivers Rivers, FRCP, FRS, was an English anthropologist, neurologist, ethnologist and psychiatrist, best known for his work with shell-shocked soldiers during World War I. Rivers' most famous patient was the poet Siegfried Sassoon...
(1864–1922), British psychiatrist, Psychiatric anthropologist - Prof. Gerald RussellGerald RussellProfessor Gerald Francis Morris Russell is a British psychiatrist. In 1979 he published the first description of bulimia nervosa, and Russell's sign has been named after him.-Early life:...
(born 1928), British psychiatrist - Sir Michael RutterMichael RutterFor the motorcycle racer, see Michael Rutter Sir Michael L. Rutter is the first consultant of child psychiatry in the United Kingdom. He has been described as the "father of child psychology"...
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- Manfred SakelManfred Sakel*Fink, M , "Meduna and the Origins of Convulsive Therapy", American Journal of Psychiatry, 141: 1034-1041 *Fink, M (1984), "Meduna and the Origins of Convulsive Therapy", American Journal of Psychiatry, 141(9): 1034-1041 *Fink, M (1984), "Meduna and the Origins of Convulsive Therapy", American...
(1900-1957), Austrian psychiatrist, inventor of insulin shock therapyInsulin shock therapyInsulin shock therapy or insulin coma therapy was a form of psychiatric treatment in which patients were repeatedly injected with large doses of insulin in order to produce daily comas over several weeks... - William SargantWilliam SargantWilliam Walters Sargant was a controversial British psychiatrist who is remembered for the evangelical zeal with which he promoted treatments such as psychosurgery, deep sleep treatment, electroconvulsive therapy and insulin shock therapy.Sargant studied medicine at St John's College, Cambridge,...
(1907–1988), British psychiatrist, false memoryFalse memoryFalse memory syndrome describes a condition in which a person's identity and relationships are affected by memories which are factually incorrect but are strongly believed. Peter J... - Gunter SchmidtGunter SchmidtGunter Schmidt is a German sexologist, psychotherapist and social psychologist.Schmidt was director of the section for sexual research in the clinic of the University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf...
, German psychiatrist, sexuologe - Kurt SchneiderKurt SchneiderKurt Schneider was a German psychiatrist known largely for his writing on the diagnosis and understanding of schizophrenia.-Biography:...
(1887–1967) German psychiatrist, schizophrenia research - Michael ShepherdMichael Shepherd (psychiatrist)Michael Shepherd, CBE, FRCP, FRCPsych , FAPA , FAPHA was one of the most influential and internationally respected psychiatrists of his time, formerly Professor of Epidemiological Psychiatry, Institute of Psychiatry and Consultant Psychiatrist, The Maudsley Hospital, London and author of a number...
(1923–1995) - British psychiatrist, Epidemiological Psychiatry - Volkmar SiguschVolkmar SiguschVolkmar Sigusch is a German sexologist, physician and sociologist. He was from 1973 to 2006 director of the Institut für Sexualwissenschaft [Institute for Sexual Science] at the clinic of the Goethe-University in Frankfurt am Main....
, German psychiatrist and psychologe - Solomon Halbert Snyder neurotransmitters
- Robert SpitzerRobert Spitzer (psychiatrist)Robert L. Spitzer was a major architect of the modern classification of mental disorders. He is a retired professor of psychiatry at Columbia University in New York City, United States and was on the research faculty of the Columbia University Center for Psychoanalytic Training and Research. He...
American psychiatrist, chair, Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental DisordersDiagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental DisordersThe Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders is published by the American Psychiatric Association and provides a common language and standard criteria for the classification of mental disorders...
(DSM–III), 1980 - Hans SteinerHans SteinerHans Steiner is Professor of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences , Child & Adolescent Psychiatry and Human Development at Stanford University, School of Medicine...
, one of the leading advocates of the developmental psychopathology and psychiatry. - Charles "Chip" Stone, (1969- ), entertainment and forensic psychiatrist; understanding the criminal mind and motivation in organized crime
- Cedric Howell SwantonCedric Howell SwantonDr Cedric Howell Swanton was an Australian physicianand psychiatrist.-Biography:Swanton was educated at Scotch College and the University of Melbourne, then went to the United Kingdom for postgraduate studies in surgery in London and Edinburgh...
(1899–1970) Australian psychiatrist, electroconvulsive therapyElectroconvulsive therapyElectroconvulsive therapy , formerly known as electroshock, is a psychiatric treatment in which seizures are electrically induced in anesthetized patients for therapeutic effect. Its mode of action is unknown... - Thomas SzaszThomas SzaszThomas Stephen Szasz is a psychiatrist and academic. Since 1990 he has been Professor Emeritus of Psychiatry at the State University of New York Health Science Center in Syracuse, New York. He is a well-known social critic of the moral and scientific foundations of psychiatry, and of the social...
(1920 –), an American psychiatrist, criticizing psychiatry
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- Daniel Hack TukeDaniel Hack TukeDaniel Hack Tuke was an English physician and expert on mental illness.-Family:Tuke came from a long line of Quakers from York who were interested in mental illness and concerned with those afflicted...
(1827-1895) English alienist, descendended from the Tuke family of the York Retreat, co-author with John Charles BucknillJohn Charles BucknillSir John Charles Bucknill FRS English mental health reformer. Father of judge Sir Thomas Townsend Bucknill QC MP.-Biography:Bucknill was born in Market Bosworth, Leicestershire, and educated at Rugby School and at University College, London...
of the Manual of Psychological Medicine, editor of the Dictionary of Psychological Medicine, editor of the Journal of Mental Science. - E. Fuller TorreyE. Fuller TorreyEdwin Fuller Torrey, M.D. , is an American psychiatrist and schizophrenia researcher. He is Executive Director of the Stanley Medical Research Institute and founder of the Treatment Advocacy Center , a nonprofit organization with the goals of eliminating legal and clinical obstacles to the...
(1937 – ) American psychiatrist, schizophrenia researcher
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- Simon WesselySimon WesselySimon Wessely is a British psychiatrist. He is professor of epidemiological and liaison psychiatry at the Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London and Head of its department of psychological medicine, Vice Dean for Academic Psychiatry, Teaching and Training at the Institute of Psychiatry, as...
, British psychiatrist, Epidemiology, general hospital and combat psychiatry - Louis Jolyon WestLouis Jolyon WestLouis Jolyon West was an American psychiatrist, human rights activist and expert on brainwashing, mind control, torture, substance abuse, post traumatic stress disorder and violence....
(1924–1999) American psychiatrist, Civil rights activistCivil rightsCivil and political rights are a class of rights that protect individuals' freedom from unwarranted infringement by governments and private organizations, and ensure one's ability to participate in the civil and political life of the state without discrimination or repression.Civil rights include... - Sula WolffSula WolffSula Wolff a prominent British child psychiatrist, was born in Berlin, Germany in 1924. After Adolf Hitler became Chancellor of Germany in 1933 she and her family came to Britain...
(1924–2009) British psychiatrist, Stress in children, schizoid personality - Peter C. WhybrowPeter C. WhybrowPeter C. Whybrow is an American psychiatrist and award-winning author whose primary research focus has been on understanding the metabolic role of thyroid hormones in the adult brain and how to apply this knowledge to the treatment of mood disorder, especially manic depression...
American psychiatrist and researcher in bio-behavioral sciences.
See also
- PsychiatryPsychiatryPsychiatry is the medical specialty devoted to the study and treatment of mental disorders. These mental disorders include various affective, behavioural, cognitive and perceptual abnormalities...
- American Board of Psychiatry and NeurologyAmerican Board of Psychiatry and NeurologyThe American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, Inc. is a nonprofit corporation that was founded in 1934 following conferences of committees appointed by the American Psychiatric Association, the American Neurological Association, and the then Section on Nervous and Mental Diseases of the American...
- American Psychiatric AssociationAmerican Psychiatric AssociationThe American Psychiatric Association is the main professional organization of psychiatrists and trainee psychiatrists in the United States, and the most influential worldwide. Its some 38,000 members are mainly American but some are international...
- Royal College of PsychiatristsRoyal College of PsychiatristsThe Royal College of Psychiatrists is the main professional organisation of psychiatrists in the United Kingdom responsible for representing psychiatrists, psychiatric research and providing public information about mental health problems...
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