Bob Johnson (psychiatrist)
- Bob Johnson (psychiatrist)
Dr Bob Johnson is a psychiatrist and an outspoken opponent of electroconvulsive therapy and psychosurgery in general.
He currently acts as Consultant to the James Nayler Foundation, a charity set up to further research, education, training and treatment for all types of personality disorders, especially those involving violence to others or to self. A charismatic character with a strong magnetic personality, he is seen as a leader figure in the Foundation, which in turn is sometimes identified with him.
He trained at the University of Cambridge, the London Hospital, and at the renowned Claybury Hospital, Essex, where he obtained a grounding in group work and therapeutic community techniques. In 1964 he was appointed as a Senior Psychiatrist in Middletown State Hospital, New York, working in the Drug Addiction Unit and the acute wards.
His renown largely stems from his time as consultant psychiatrist in the Special Unit in HMP Parkhurst for dangerous prisoners. While there he devised his talking cure techniques around which the James Nayler Foundation and his personal crusade against psychosurgery and psychiatric medication. His work formed the basis of a documentary investigation by the BBC's flagship programme "Panorama".
In 1997, he was consultant psychiatrist to The Retreat, and in 1998 he was invited to become Head of Therapy at Ashworth Special Hospital.
He has since set up an Emotional Support Centre on the Isle of Wight to assist and cure those with personality disorders.
Further reading
*Emotional Health, Bob Johnson
*Unsafe At Any Dose, Bob Johnson
ee also
*Peter Breggin
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