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Mary V. Seeman
Canadian psychiatrist (1935–2024) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Mary V. Seeman (March 24, 1935 – April 23, 2024) was a Canadian psychiatrist who was a professor in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Toronto.[1] She served as the Tapscott Chair in Schizophrenia from 1997 to 2000.[2]
Seeman wrote on gender influences on outcome in schizophrenia,[3] women in schizophrenia,[4] and the impact of parenting with a mental illness.[5]
She also worked as a psychiatrist at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) and at the Mount Sinai Hospital, both in Toronto.[6]
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Recognition
Seeman became a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada (FRCPC) in 1972, and was appointed Officer of the Order of Canada (OC) in 2006.[7] In 2012 she received the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal.[8]
Personal life
She was born in Łódź, Poland as Mary Violette Szwarc.[6] As a child, she fled Nazi-occupied Poland with her family via Portugal and settled in Canada.[9][6]
She was married to scientist Philip Seeman.[10] Together, they were parents to Marc, Bob, and Neil Seeman,[6] and grandparents to Ahron, Geoff, Ciara, David, Ronan, and Dori.
Mary V. Seeman died on April 23, 2024, at the age of 89.[11]
Publications
Books
- Reupert, A; Maybery, D; Nicholson, J; Göpfert, M; Seeman, M V. (2015). Parental Psychiatric Disorder: Distressed Parents and their Families. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9781107070684.
- Seeman, M.V. (1982). Living and working with schizophrenia. Toronto: University of Toronto Press. ISBN 0802064744. OCLC 9039169.
- Seeman, M. V. (1995). Gender and psychopathology (1st ed.). Washington, DC: American Psychiatric Press. ISBN 0880485647. OCLC 32051439. Trove
References
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