Thomas Lynch (psychiatrist)
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Professor Thomas Lynch was the first Professor of Psychiatry at the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland
. He was also the first to develop a psychiatric unit in a general hospital in the Republic of Ireland.
He was a founding member of the Mental Health Association of Ireland (now Mental Health Ireland) in 1966 and served on a number of boards including: The National Drugs Advisory Board, The National Rehabilitation Board, the Central Remedial Clinic and the Eastern Health Board
Thomas Lynch was the son of Irish freedom fighter and politician Fionán Lynch
Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland
The Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland , is a Dublin-based medical institution, situated on St. Stephen's Green. The college is one of the five Recognised Colleges of the National University of Ireland...
. He was also the first to develop a psychiatric unit in a general hospital in the Republic of Ireland.
He was a founding member of the Mental Health Association of Ireland (now Mental Health Ireland) in 1966 and served on a number of boards including: The National Drugs Advisory Board, The National Rehabilitation Board, the Central Remedial Clinic and the Eastern Health Board
Thomas Lynch was the son of Irish freedom fighter and politician Fionán Lynch