Person
Burrows, Graham Dene (1938 - 2016)
- Born
- 17 June 1938
Raetihi, New Zealand - Died
- 10 January 2016
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia - Occupation
- Psychiatrist
Summary
Graham Burrows had an international reputation in diverse research areas including the mood and anxiety disorders, chronic pain and psychosomatics, and hypnosis. He was influential in the establishment of modern psychopharmacology in Australia. In 1967 he moved to Victoria where he joined he Mental Health Authority, working in a number of psychiatric hospitals. Burrows was appointed to the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Melbourne in 1973, becoming foundation Professor and Director of Psychiatry at the Austin and Repatriation Hospitals ten years later. He was noted as an innovator in areas of clinical practice such as eating disorders, spinal injuries, HIV/AIDS and PTSD. Burrows prolific contributor to psychiatric literature in Australia and overseas. Organisations in which he played active roles included the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists (of which he was President), the Australasian Society for Psychiatric Research, the World Federation for Mental Health, the Australian Medical Association (Victoria), and the Collegium Internationale Neuro-Psychopharmacologicum. He was an enthusiastic participant and office bearer in many community health and mental health organisations.
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Chronology
- 1967
- Life event - Migrated to Victoria
- 1969 - 1979
- Career position - Consultant Psychiatrist, Royal Park Psychiatric Hospital, Melbourne
- 1973 - 1979
- Career position - First Assistant, Department of Psychiatry, University of Melbourne
- 1973 - 1983
- Career position - Research Associate, Howard Florey Institute for Experimental Physiology and Medicine
- 1983 - 2008
- Career position - Director of Psychiatry, Austin and Repatriation Hospitals, Melbourne
- 1989
- Award - Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) in recognition of service to medicine, particularly in the field of psychiatry
- 2001
- Award - Knight Commander of the Order of St John of Jerusalem (KCStJ)
- 2002 - 2006
- Career position - President, Alzheimer's Association of Victoria
- 2009
- Life event - Retired
- 2010
- Award - Medal of Honour, Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists
Related entries
Published resources
Journal Articles
- Burrows, Graham D.; and Tiller, John W., 'Cade's observation of the antimanic effect of lithium and early Australian research', Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 33 (supp. 1) (1999), S27-S31. Details
Newspaper Articles
- Anon, ''Workaphile' professor's door was always open to patients, staff and bold new ventures: Graham Burrows, mental health expert, 17-6-1938 - 10-1-2016', The Age, 2016 (2016), 36. Details
Resources
- 'Burrows, Graham D (19380617-20160110)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-494788. Details
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Last modified: 5 December 2016