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Oct 31, 2019 · LEHMANN, Heinz W. October 31, 2019 Passed away at the age of 91. Predeceased by his wife Kathleen (nee Lucy). Father to Lawrence (Arleys) and Kerry, grandfather to Abdel. Step-father to...
- York Region, Ontario
LEHMANN, Heinz W. October 31, 2019 Passed away at the age of...
- York Region, Ontario
Oct 31, 2019 · LEHMANN, Heinz W. October 31, 2019 Passed away at the age of 91. Predeceased by his wife Kathleen (nee Lucy). Father to Lawrence (Arleys) and Kerry, grandfather to Abdel. Step-father to...
Heinz Lehmann. On April 7, 1999, Canada lost one of its pioneers in psychiatry, Heinz Lehmann. Born in Berlin on July 17, 1911, Lehmann arrived in this country in 1937, and began practising psychiatry in a place where few chose to work: Verdun Protestant Hospital, now called the Douglas Hospital.
The founding president of the Quebec Psychopharmacological Research Association, he served as president of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology, president of the Collegium Internationale Neuro-Psychopharmacologicum, and chairman of the McGill Department of Psychiatry.
- John M. Oldham
- 2001
Apr 7, 1999 · Revolutionized the field of psychiatry and established the foundation for psychopharmacology. A pioneer in psychiatric clinical investigation. Dr. Heinz Lehmann has helped shape modern psychiatric care by recognizing the impact of two different drugs on the treatment of mental disorders.
Heinz Edgar Lehmann OC FRSC (July 17, 1911 – April 7, 1999) was a German-born Canadian psychiatrist best known for his use of chlorpromazine for the treatment of schizophrenia in 1950s and "truly the father of modern psychopharmacology ." [1] Early life.
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Jan 23, 2017 · In the spring of 1953 at the Verdun Protestant Hospital in Montreal, the psychiatrist Heinz Lehmann initiated the first trial of chlorpromazine in North America, treating “psychomotor excitement” in patients with diagnoses ranging from manic depression to schizophrenia. 1,2 Within weeks, the drug proved a remarkable success: patients ...
