John Charles Cutting is a British

psychiatrist A psychiatrist is a physician who specializes in psychiatry, the branch of medicine devoted to the diagnosis, prevention, study, and treatment of mental disorders. Psychiatrists are physicians and evaluate patients to determine whether their sy ...

specialising in

schizophrenia Schizophrenia is a mental disorder characterized by continuous or relapsing episodes of psychosis. Major symptoms include hallucinations (typically hearing voices), delusions, and disorganized thinking. Other symptoms include social withdra ...

research. He has written a number of books, and articles and reviews in professional journals, on the subjects of psychiatry,

clinical psychology Clinical psychology is an integration of social science, theory, and clinical knowledge for the purpose of understanding, preventing, and relieving psychologically based distress or dysfunction and to promote subjective well-being and persona ...

, schizophrenia and the functioning of the right cerebral

hemisphere Hemisphere refers to: * A half of a sphere As half of the Earth * A hemisphere of Earth ** Northern Hemisphere ** Southern Hemisphere ** Eastern Hemisphere ** Western Hemisphere ** Land and water hemispheres * A half of the (geocentric) celestia ...

of the brain. Cutting has been an honorary senior lecturer at

King's College Hospital King's College Hospital is a major teaching hospital and major trauma centre in Denmark Hill, Camberwell in the London Borough of Lambeth, referred to locally and by staff simply as "King's" or abbreviated internally to "KCH". It is managed by K ...

in London and the

Institute of Psychiatry The Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience (IoPPN) is a research institution dedicated to discovering what causes mental illness and diseases of the brain. In addition, its aim is to help identify new treatments for them and ways ...

in London. E- Print The page mentions the author being honorary senior lecturer, beneath details of one of his books. Last edited 24 July 2005.

Life and career

John Cutting was born in

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1952,

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, and brought up in

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, England. He studied and qualified as a

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in London and went on to train in

psychiatry Psychiatry is the medical specialty devoted to the diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of mental disorders. These include various maladaptations related to mood, behaviour, cognition, and perceptions. See glossary of psychiatry. Initial psych ...

. Cutting is a psychiatrist based in London. Cutting worked as a consultant

Maudsley Hospital The Maudsley Hospital is a British psychiatric hospital in south London. The Maudsley is the largest mental health training institution in the UK. It is part of South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust, and works in partnership with the In ...

, London and

Bethlem Royal Hospital Bethlem Royal Hospital, also known as St Mary Bethlehem, Bethlehem Hospital and Bedlam, is a psychiatric hospital in London. Its famous history has inspired several horror books, films and TV series, most notably '' Bedlam'', a 1946 film with ...

, a specialist

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in the

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, and the

in London for 20 years. He has been an honorary senior lecturer at

, London and the Institute of Psychiatry. Since the early 1990s, Cutting "has been studying philosophy with the aim of contributing to the growing discipline of philosophical

psychopathology Psychopathology is the study of abnormal cognition, behaviour, and experiences which differs according to social norms and rests upon a number of constructs that are deemed to be the social norm at any particular era. Biological psychopatholo ...

– explaining conditions such as

and depression in philosophical terms." He has written a number of books, and articles and

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s in professional journals, on the subjects of psychiatry,

, psychopathology, schizophrenia and the functioning of the right cerebral

of the brain. In September 2005, Cutting was a speaker at a two-day international conference in London, at the ''Institute of Psychiatry'', entitled "Phenomenology and Psychiatry for the 21st Century." A Two Day International Conference at the Institute of Psychiatry, London on 5 and 6 September 2005.

Awards

In 1977, whilst he was working at the Maudsley Hospital, Cutting won The Gaskell Medal and Prize from the

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. Quote: "Gaskell Medal and Prize 1977: The Gaskell Medal and Prize has been awarded to Dr John Charles Cutting, M.R.C.Psych., of the Maudsley Hospital, London." The document is entitled "Thomas Bewley Madness to Mental Illness. A History of the Royal College of Psychiatrists. Online archive 36" and lists Prizes and prize winners of The Gaskell Medal and Prize.

Influence

Speaking in an interview with ''Frontier Psychiatrist'',

Iain McGilchrist Iain McGilchrist (born 1953) is a psychiatrist, writer, and former Oxford literary scholar. McGilchrist came to prominence after the publication of his book ''The Master and His Emissary'', subtitled ''The Divided Brain and the Making of the West ...

, author of ''

The Master and His Emissary ''The Master and His Emissary: The Divided Brain and the Making of the Western World'' is a 2009 book written by psychiatrist Iain McGilchrist that deals with the specialist hemispheric functioning of the brain. The differing world views of the ri ...

'', a book about the world views of the two hemispheres of the brain, stated: "What I began to see – and it was John Cutting's work on the right hemisphere that set me thinking – was that the difference lay not in what they do, but how they do it."

Selected publications

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Books edited

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Translations

* Notes that the document is translated by John Cutting. * (Paperback)

References

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