Martin Roth (psychiatrist)
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Martin Roth | |
|---|---|
| Born | 6 November 1917 |
| Died | September 26, 2006 (aged 88) Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England |
| Burial place | Cambridge City Cemetery |
| Occupations | Academic and research |
| Awards | Fellow of the Royal Society |
| Academic background | |
| Education | St Mary's Hospital, London Maida Vale Hospital for Nervous Diseases Maudsley Hospital |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Medicine |
| Sub-discipline | Psychiatry |
| Institutions | Newcastle University University of Cambridge |
Sir Martin Roth FRS (6 November 1917 – 26 September 2006) was a British psychiatrist, academic, and researcher. He was a leading figure in British psychiatry, especially in the study of mental illness and mental disorders of the elderly. He was the co-author of Clinical Psychiatry, an influential textbook that was used in England from 1954 through the 1980s.
Roth was born in Budapest, Austria-Hungary, on 6 November 1917.[1] He was the son of a synagogue cantor.[2] His family moved to the East End of London, England when he was five years old.[1][3] He attended the Davenant Foundation School in Loughton, Essex.[3]
Roth trained in medicine at St. Mary's Hospital in Paddington, London, qualifying to practice medicine in 1941.[3] He then trained in neurology under Russell Brain, 1st Baron Brain at Maida Vale Hospital for Nervous Diseases.[3] Next, he went to Maudsley Hospital where he trained in psychiatry.[3]
Career
In 1948, Roth worked with Willy Mayer-Gross at Crichton Royal Hospital in Dumfries.[1][4] After two years in 1950, he moved to Graylingwell Hospital, psychiatric hospital in Chichester, Sussex, where he was the director of clinical research.[4][3] In 1954, Roth, Mayer-Gross, and Eliot Slater (a friend from Maudsley Hospital) published Clinical Psychiatry, a textbook that was released in three editions through 1977, was translated into five languages, and used in British medical schools through the 1980s.[1][4][3] He became the director of the clinical research unit at Graylingwell Hospital in Chichester where he studied brain and strokes.[1]
Roth was the chair of psychological medicine at Newcastle University from 1956 to 1977, establishing the main psychiatric clinical research center in Britain.[1][3] At Newcastle, he created units for the study of child psychiatry, neurosis, and psychogeriatrics.[3] He was also influential the field of clinical psychology and in the study of mental illness.[3][1] Next, he was the first professor of psychiatry at University of Cambridge from 1977 to 1985.[1][2] There, he was one of the pioneers in developing psychogeriatrics as a subspecialty, with an emphasis on Alzheimer's disease.[2][3] Roth was a fellow at Trinity College, Cambridge in 1977 and 2006.[3]
Roth authored more than 400 papers that were published in scholarly journals.[4] He was an examiner in medicine at Royal College of Physicians from 1962 to 1964 and 1968 and 1972.[1] He was a member of the council of the Royal College of Physicians from 1968 to 1971.[1] He was the first president of the Royal College of Psychiatrists from 1971 to 1975.[1][3] Roth was also a trustee of the Schizophrenia Research Fund, a charity founded by Miriam Rothschild
Honours
Martin Roth was knighted in the 1972 New Year Honours List.[1] He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS) in 1996.[2]
