Norman Kreitman (July 5, 1927 - December 15, 2012) was a psychiatric researcher and academic, based in
Edinburgh
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, primarily known for coining the term
parasuicide. He was also a published poet of some distinction, and wrote perceptively on the philosophy of art - in particular, on the psychology of metaphor.
Kreitman was born in London. He received his medical training at
Westminster Hospital
Westminster Hospital was a hospital in London, England, founded in 1719. In 1834 a medical school attached to the hospital was formally founded.
In 1939 a newly built hospital and medical school opened in Horseferry Road, Westminster. In 1994 the ...
, graduating in 1949, and worked at a tuberculosis hospital on the
Isle of Wight
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before going into
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 ...
. After training at the
Maudsley hospital, he moved to Edinburgh in 1966.
In Edinburgh, he was Director of the
Medical Research Council Unit for Epidemiological Studies in Psychiatry.
Works
Psychiatry
* Methods of Psychiatric Research. Edited by Peter Sainsbury and Norman Kreitman. OUP. (1963)
* Current Research on Suicide and Parasuicide. (with S D Platt). Wiley. (1988)
Poetry
*''Touching Rock'' (1987)
*''Against Leviathan'' (1989)
*''Casanova's 72nd Birthday'' (2003)
*''Dancing in the Dark: New and Selected Poems'' (2010)
References
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1927 births
2012 deaths
Scottish psychiatrists