David Goldberg (psychiatrist) explained

Sir David Paul Brandes Goldberg is a British academic and social psychiatrist, born Hampstead, London in 1934. He trained at the Maudsley Hospital in South London under Sir Aubrey Lewis and Sir Michael Shepherd. After nearly a quarter of a century as Professor at the University of Manchester, and head of the Department of Psychiatry, in 1993 Professor Goldberg returned to the Maudsley as both Director of Research and Development, and of Education, to run the Institute of Psychiatry at King's College London.^{[1] [2]}

Professor Goldberg produced the 'Clinical Interview Schedule' and the 'General Health Questionnaire', validated tools for psychiatric research which were widely adopted. Best known for his epidemiological work on psychiatric morbidity in the community,^[3] he has been a long-term advisor to the World Health Organization.^{[4] [5] [6] [7]}

He retired in 2000, as Professor Emeritus. He has 4 children and 9 grandchildren, and he took up residence in South London.

Notes and References

1. 2017-01-01 . An erudite encounter with: Sir David Goldberg . Australian & New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry . en . 51 . 1 . 103–104 . 10.1177/0004867416684553 . 0004-8674 . 28030979 . free.
2. Web site: King's College London - Professor Sir David Goldberg wins Lifetime Achievement Award 2009 . 2021-07-02 . www.kcl.ac.uk.
3. Book: Goldberg, David . Mental Illness in the Community: The pathway to psychiatric care . Huxley . Peter . Routledge . 1980 . 978-0-203-71490-4 . 1st . London . 10.4324/9780203714904.
4. Web site: Professor Sir David Goldberg . 2021-07-02 . Hertford College University of Oxford . en.
5. Fannon . Dominic . 2010 . Professor Sir David Goldberg . The Psychiatrist . en . 34 . 2 . 80 . 10.1192/pb.bp.109.029058 . 1758-3209 . free . Cambridge Core . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20220504060711/https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/70F529C865F9EA0F41867F5124DA3E3C/S1758320900002882a.pdf/professor-sir-david-goldberg.pdf . May 4, 2022 .
6. Web site: 2018-07-02 . 'We felt we were special': 70 years of saving lives on the NHS frontline . Photography by Canter, Alicia . Rachel . Obordo . Sarah . Johnson . Caroline . Bannock . 2021-07-02 . The Guardian . en.
7. Goldberg . David . 2009 . Looking back over my professional life . Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica . en . 119 . 5 . 333–337 . 10.1111/j.1600-0447.2009.01348.x . 1600-0447 . 19351345 . free . Wiley Online Library . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20210711164946/https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1600-0447.2009.01348.x . Jul 11, 2021 .