Felix Post | |
---|---|
Born | |
Died | March 23, 2001 | (aged 87)
Monuments | Felix Post Unit, Maudsley Hospital |
Alma mater | St Bartholomew's Hospital |
Occupation(s) | Doctor, psychiatrist |
Employer | Maudsley Hospital |
Known for | Pioneering geriatric psychiatry |
Notable work | The clinical psychiatry of late life (1965) |
Felix Post, MRCS FRCP FRCPsych (25 July 1913 – 23 March 2001)[1] was a German-born British doctor, and a leading psychiatrist of the second half of the 20th century.[1] Post was a pioneer of psychogeriatrics and the first chair of the psychogeriatricians in the Royal College of Psychiatrists.[1]