J. Douglas Haldane | |
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| Born | 13 March 1926 Annan, Dumfriesshire, Scotland |
| Died | 19 July 2012 St. Andrews, Scotland |
| Nationality | Scottish |
| Citizenship | British |
| Alma mater | Edinburgh University |
| Known for | Child and Family Psychiatry Family Therapy Scottish Institute of Human Relations Marriage Counselling Scotland |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Child psychiatry Family Therapy Marriage counselling Depth psychology Spirituality |
| Institutions | Royal Edinburgh Hospital Stratheden Hospital University of Aberdeen Tavistock Institute of Marital Studies |
(Johnston) Douglas Haldane MBE, FRCPsych (born 13 March 1926 in Annan, died 19 July 2012 in St. Andrews) was a pioneering Scottish child psychiatrist, who established Great Britain's first department of Child and Family Psychiatry in 1960 in Cupar in Fife.[1] He opened the first family in-patient treatment unit in Scotland and introduced a range of innovative therapeutic art interventions. He sat on numerous policy working parties and led a variety of professional committees. He became a founding member of the Association for Family Therapy. He was a co-founder of the Scottish Institute of Human Relations. During his time as an academic, he devoted much time to influence the development of a government policy on Marriage.[1] In the 1960s, he was also an elder of the Church of Scotland and a member of an early Iona Community group.