Person
Maddison, David Clarkson (1927 - 1981)
- Born
- 7 January 1927
Chatswood, New South Wales, Australia - Died
- 3 November 1981
Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia - Occupation
- Psychiatrist
Summary
David Maddison was a psychiatrist who made major contributions in the area of preventive psychiatry. He advocated a multi-disciplinary approach to therapy and rehabilitation, viewing the patient in a social and community context. As Professor at the University of Sydney, he made significant improvements to the curriculum, overseeing the implementation of a new 5-years medical degree, and became involved in the training of nurses. He co-authored the ground-breaking book Psychiatric nursing (1963, 5th edition 1982). Appointment as foundation Dean of Medicine at the University of Newcastle gave Maddison greater opportunity to reform the teaching of medicine. He was active in the Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists, serving as President 1974 -1975 and working to reform the College's training program.
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Chronology
- 1948
- Education - MB BS, University of Sydney
- 1950 - 1953
- Career position - Medical Officer, Broughton Hall Psychiatric Clinic, Sydney
- 1953
- Education - Diploma in Psychological Medicine, University of Sydney
- 1954 - 1956
- Career position - Deputy Medical Superintendent, Broughton Hall Psychiatric Clinic, Sydney
- 1956 - 1960
- Career position - Senior Lecturer in Psychiatry, University of Sydney
- 1957
- Education - Member, Royal Australasian College of Physicians
- 1961 - 1971
- Career position - Censor-in-Chief, Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists
- 1961 - 1972
- Career position - Clinical Director, Broughton Hall Psychiatric Clinic, Sydney
- 1962 - 1974
- Career position - Professor of Psychiatry, University of Sydney
- 1964 - 1965
- Career position - Visiting Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard University, Boston, U.S.A.
- 1964 - 1971
- Career position - Chairman, Academic Committee, New South Wales Institute of Psychiatry
- 1972 - 1974
- Career position - Dean, Faculty of Medicine, University of Sydney
- 1974 - 1975
- Career position - President, Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists
- 1975 - 1981
- Career position - Foundation Dean, School of Medicine, University of Newcastle
Related entries
Published resources
Book Sections
- Garton, Stephen, 'Maddison, David Clarkson (1927-1981), Psychiatrist' in Australian dictionary of biography, volume 18: 1981 - 1990 L-Z, Melanie Nolan, ed. (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 2012), pp. 108-9. http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/maddison-david-clarkson-14220. Details
Journal Articles
- Leeder, Stephen and McEwan, Peter J. M., 'David Clarkson Maddison (1927 - 1981)', Social Science and Medicine, 16 (8) (1982), 853-5. Details
- Raphael, Beverley, 'David Clarkson Maddison', Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 16 (2) (1982), 91-3. Details
- Singh, B., 'David Clarkson Maddison', Medical Journal of Australia, 1982 (1) (1982), 488. Details
Resources
- Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q21536700. Details
- VIAF - Virtual International Authority File, OCLC, https://viaf.org/viaf/278828404. Details
- 'Maddison, David (19270107-19811103)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-501549. Details
Resource Sections
- 'David Maddison', in The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists, The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists, c.2018, https://www.ranzcp.org/About-us/About-the-College/Our-history/Presidents-of-the-College/David-Maddison. Details
- Mellor, Lise, 'Maddison, David Clarkson', in University of Sydney School of Medicine Online Museum, Faculty of Medicine Online Museum and Archive, University of Sydney, 2008, https://sydney.edu.au/medicine/museum/mwmuseum/index.php/Maddison,_David_Clarkson. Details
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Created: 6 April 2018, Last modified: 14 August 2019