Thomas Lynch (psychiatrist)
Professor Thomas Lynch (1922–2005) was the first Professor of Psychiatry at the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland. He was also the first to develop a psychiatric unit in a general hospital in the Republic of Ireland.[1]
He was a founding member of the Mental Health Association of Ireland (now Mental Health Ireland)[2] in 1966[3] and served on a number of boards including: The National Drugs Advisory Board, The National Rehabilitation Board, the Central Remedial Clinic and the Eastern Health Board[4]
Thomas Lynch was the son of Irish freedom fighter and politician Fionán Lynch
References
- ^ "Irish Times obituary". The Irish Times. 2 February 2005.
- ^ http://mentalhealthireland.ie/index.php?option=com_frontpage&Itemid=1
- ^ "Mental Health Ireland article" (PDF).
- ^ "Royal College of Pschyiatrics Bulliton".