Gerald Russell

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Gerald Russell
Born(1928-01-12)12 January 1928
Died26 July 2018(2018-07-26) (aged 90)[1]
London, UK
Alma materUniversity of Edinburgh
OccupationPsychiatrist
Known fordescribing bulimia, an eating disorder
TitleProfessor of Psychiatry, Dean of the Institute of Psychiatry
Children3 sons

Gerald Francis Morris Russell (12 January 1928 – 26 July 2018)[1][2] was a British psychiatrist.[3] In 1979 he published one of the first descriptions of bulimia nervosa,[4][5] and Russell's sign has been named after him.

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  2. ^ Professor Gerald Russell obituary, Iron-willed psychiatrist who was the leading authority on eating disorders and will be remembered for his fascination with Rubens’nudes The Times. 22 August 2018.(subscription required)
  3. ^ Debrett's People of Today 2005 (18th ed.). Debrett's. 2005. p. 1433. ISBN 1-870520-10-6.
  4. ^ Russell, Gerald (August 1979). "Bulimia nervosa: an ominous variant of anorexia nervosa". Psychological Medicine. 9 (3): 429–48. doi:10.1017/S0033291700031974. PMID 482466. S2CID 23973384.
  5. ^ Palmer, Robert (2004). "Bulimia nervosa: 25 years on". The British Journal of Psychiatry. 185 (6). British Journal of Psychiatry: 447–448. doi:10.1192/bjp.185.6.447. PMID 15572732.