Suicide Prevention (The Oxford Poetry Library) - Softcover

Über die Autorinnen und Autoren

Robert Goldney qualified in medicine in Adelaide in 1967, and as a psychiatrist in 1973. He is a Fellow of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists, and of the Royal College of Psychiatrists of the United Kingdom. He has worked in academic, public hospital and private practice settings, and at present he is Professor and Head of the Discipline of Psychiatry at the University of Adelaide, based at the Royal Adelaide Hospital. His main research interest is in the prevention of suicidal behaviour, by focussing on the detection and optimum clinical management of psychiatric illness, particularly depression. He is a recipient of the Stengel Research Award (1987) of the International Association for Suicide Prevention, an award for outstanding contributions to suicide prevention by Suicide Prevention Australia (2000), and the Louis Dublin award of the American Association for Suicidology for lifetime achievement in suicide research (2007).


Robert D. Goldney is Professor and Head, Discipline of Psychiatry, University of Adelaide, Australia.