Person

Davies, Brian Michael (1928 - 2020)

Born
8 June 1928
Llanelli, Wales, United Kingdom
Died
15 November 2020
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Occupation
Psychiatrist and University Administrator

Summary

Brian Davies was appointed in 1964 to the Cato Chair of Psychiatry at the University of Melbourne, the first to hold that position. Having completed his medical degrees at Cardiff University, he spent a further eight years in psychiatric training in London before coming to Australia. In building his Department he concentrated on undergraduate and postgraduate teaching; state-of-the-art treatment and patient care; and facilitating wide-ranging, quality research. In his own research Davies concentrated on biological psychiatry, publishing world-leading research on tricyclic and monoamine oxidase inhibitor antidepressants. At the same time he supported psychotherapy research. Davies played a leading role in the establishment in 1978 of the Melbourne Clinic, Australia's largest private psychiatric hospital. After his retirement in 1990, he practiced here (and elsewhere) for a further 19 years. Davies published the classic text An introduction to clinical psychiatry (1971, 4th edition 1986).

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Chronology

1950
Education - MB BCh, Cardiff University
1955 - 1963
Education - Psychiatric training at Bethlehem Royal and Maudsley Hospitals, London
1964 - 1990
Career position - Cato Professor of Psychiatry, University of Melbourne
1968
Career event - Delivered Beattie-Smith Lecture, Department of Psychiatry, University of Melbourne
1990 - 2009
Career event - In private practice, including at the Melbourne Clinic
2009
Life event - Retired from practice

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Journal Articles

  • Glass, Roger, 'Brian M. Davies, MD, DPM, FRCP, FRCPsych, FRANCP', BJPsych bulletin, 45 (6) (2021), 1-2. https://doi.org/10.1192/bjb.2021.24. Details
  • Glass, Roger, 'Obituary: Brian M. Davies (1928 - 2020)', Australasian psychiatry, 29 (2) (2021), 244-5. Details

See also

  • Who's who in Australia 1995 (Melbourne: Information Australia Group, 1995), 1622 pp. Details

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