Ian Brockington, Date of Birth

    

Ian Brockington

British doctor

Date of Birth: 12-Dec-1935

Profession: writer, psychiatrist, author

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius


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About Ian Brockington

  • Ian Brockington (born 1935) is a British psychiatrist.
  • He was the son of Colin Fraser Brockington, one of the top names in British medicine. Brockington trained as a cardiologist and went to Nigeria where he completed a monumental work on cardiomyopathy which formed the basis for his doctoral thesis ('Heart muscle disease in Nigeria').
  • However, on his return he decided to train in psychiatry at the Maudsley Hospital.
  • He developed a strong interest in nosology of psychiatric illnesses.
  • He moved to Chicago as a Visiting Professor where he produced several works on the nosology of psychiatric illnesses in association with R.
  • E.
  • Kendell and H.
  • Y.
  • Meltzer.
  • He moved to Manchester University as a senior lecturer and was very soon appointed to a chair at the University of Birmingham.
  • By this time, he had also developed an interest in postpartum psychiatric illnesses and was one of the founders of the Marcé Society, and the founder of the Section on Women's Mental Health in the World Psychiatric Association.
  • Along with Ramesh Kumar, he produced two volumes, Motherhood and Mental Illness, and Motherhood and Mental Illness, Causes and Consequences. He is also known for his avocation of the restoration of a Tudor farmhouse.
  • He is currently researching Menstrual Psychosis. He has written the books: Motherhood and Mental Health (1996, Oxford University Press) Eileithyia’s Mischief: the Organic Psychoses of Pregnancy, Parturition and the Puerperium (2006, Eyry Press). Menstrual Psychosis and the Catamenial Process (2008, Eyry Press) The Psychoses of Menstruation and Childbearing (2016, Cambridge University Press)He also contributed to the book The Birmingham Interview for Maternal Mental Health (2006, Eyry Press). Eyry Press is owned and operated by Brockington.

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