Marius Romme, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Marius Romme

Dutch psychiatrist

Date of Birth: 17-Jan-1934

Place of Birth: Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands

Profession: psychiatrist, university teacher

Nationality: Kingdom of the Netherlands

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Marius Anton Joannes Romme (born 17 January 1934, Amsterdam) is a Dutch psychiatrist.
He is best known for his work on hearing voices (auditory hallucinations) and regarded as the founder and principal theorist for the Hearing Voices Movement. Romme studied medicine at the University of Amsterdam, where he also received his PhD in 1967.
From 1974 to 1999 he was professor of social psychiatry at the Medical Faculty of the University of Maastricht, as well as consultant psychiatrist at the Community Mental Health Centre in Maastricht.
He is now visiting professor at the Mental Health Policy Centre, Birmingham City University in Birmingham.
He is also credited with developing Experience Focussed Counselling together with Sandra Escher & Joachim Schnackenberg.