Lyman Wynne

Lyman Wynne

Lyman C. Wynne (1925-2007) was an American psychiatrist and psychologist with a special interest in schizophrenia. His early researches helped lay the foundation for family-based therapies [http://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/27/obituaries/27wynne.html#] , influencing others such as R. D. Laing. He made a number of discoveries about the interaction of genetics and the environment in the development of schizophrenia, working with adopted twins. He published numerous articles and co-edited "The Nature of Schizophrenia"(1978), received the Frieda Fromm-Reichmann Award for schizophrenia research from the American Academy of Psychoanalysis in 1965, the Meritorious Service Medal from the U.S. Public Health Service in 1966, and received two awards from the American Family Therapy Academy, one in 1981 and another in 1989.

Biography

Wynne was born into an impoverished but intellectual Danish family in a Southern Minnesota village. His mother died of uterine cancer when he was 11 years old, inspiring him to become a medical researcher. He was sent to live with an aunt and uncle in Minnesota and later received a full scholarship to Harvard University.

He served as president of the American Family Therapy Academy in 1986 and 1987.

Dr. Wynne chaired the University of Rochester Medical Center’s Department of Psychiatry from 1971 to 1977, and then served as professor of psychiatry until his retirement to emeritus status in 1998. During the 1950s and 1960s, as a researcher and an official at the National Institute of Mental Health, Dr. Wynne pioneered new approaches to mental illness, especially schizophrenia [http://www.urmc.rochester.edu/pr/news/story.cfm?id=1347] .

External links

* [http://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/27/obituaries/27wynne.html# N Y Times Obituary]
* [http://www.urmc.rochester.edu/pr/news/story.cfm?id=1347 University of Rochester page]

See also

* Gregory Bateson
* R. D. Laing


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