Emeritus Prof John Copeland's Biography
- Forename(s)
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John Richard Malcolm
- Sex
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Male
- Date of Birth
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14/10/1932 Stoke-on-Trent
- Foretitle(s)
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Prof
- Surname
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COPELAND
- Style
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Emeritus Prof John Copeland
- Recreations
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porcelain, skiing, Victorian house maintenance
Emeritus Prof John Copeland's Professional Career
- Career
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West End Hosp for Neurology and Neurosurgery London 1962-64, Maudsley Hosp 1964-76, lectr and sr lectr in psychiatry Inst of Psychiatry London 1969-76 (UK dir US/UK Diagnostic Project 1970-77), hon lectr Guy's Hosp 1970-76; Univ of Liverpool: prof and head Dept of Psychiatry 1976-97, founding dir Inst of Human Ageing 1981-97, hon conslt psychiatrist North Mersey Community Tst 1976-97; head: Collaborating Centre on Ageing, World Fedn for Mental Health, Inst of Human Ageing 1993-97; Sandoz lectr Basle 1990, Maudsley Bequest lectr RCPsych, Hakone lectr Japan 1998; advsr WHO, advsr and visiting prof Univ of Garounis (Libya) 1980-90; chm Jt Ctee on Higher Psychiatric Trg in the Br Isles 1988-91, chair Mgmnt Ctee European Concerted Action on Depression in Older Age Eurodep 1993-2005; pres World Fedn Mental Health 2007-09 (treas 1999-2003, chair World Mental Health Day 2003-05, chair Disaster Response Initiative 2005-, fndr and chair World Fedn Mental Health UK), chair WEMH Great Push for Mental Health 2010-, Sharma-Copeland Partnership for the Global Mental Health Assessment and Treatment Tool (GMHAT) 2010-; memb: Advsy Bd on the Conferment of Titles Univ of London 1991-97, Sci Ctee Int Inst of Psychosocial and Social Economic Research Univ of Maastricht 1990-2005, Research Ctee Alzheimers Disease Soc UK 1990-99, chm Academic Old Age Psychiatry Assoc 1998-2006, Steering Ctee MRC Cognitive Function and Ageing Study, Mgmnt Ctee MRC AGENET Foresight Initiative 1996-2001; Gold medal Yonsei Univ Coll of Med (Korea); Lifetime Achievement Award Indian Neuroscience Gp 2003; memb European Psychogeriatric Assoc; FRCPsych 1977, FRCP 1980, FRSM (memb Cncl Section on Geriatrics and Gerantology 1992-97)
Emeritus Prof John Copeland's Publications
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Psychiatric Diagnosis in New York and London (jtly, 1972), The Mind and Mood of Ageing: The Mental Health Problems of the Community Elderly in New York and London (jtly, 1983), Alzheimer's Disease: Potential Therapeutic Strategies (ed, 1992), Principles and Practice of Geriatric Psychiatry (sr ed, 2 edn 2002)
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