Eugene Bloor Brody (1921–2010) was an American psychiatrist. Brody was chairman of the Department of Psychiatry at the

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and Dean for Social and Behavioral Studies at the

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. Brody was the son of Sophia and Samuel Brody; he was born in Columbia, Missouri, where his father was a professor of dairy science at the

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. Brody earned his B.A. and a Master's in

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at the University of Missouri, and graduated from

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in 1944. His postgraduate training was interrupted by military service; Brody became a captain in the

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in 1946, and served as a consultant in the

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. He joined the medical faculty of the University of Maryland in 1957, and worked there until his retirement in 1987. In 1952 Brody co-edited with Frederick Redlich the widely read book, ''Psychotherapy With Schizophrenics''. Brody was inspired by his mother, who had

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that began during Dr. Brody's childhood, and continued until his mother's death at the age of 96. Brody was editor of ''

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'' for over forty years. Brody was President of the

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from 1981 to 1983, and Secretary General from 1983 to 1999.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Brody, Eugene American psychiatrists Harvard Medical School alumni University of Missouri alumni The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease editors 1921 births 2010 deaths