Ivor Browne obituary: Pioneering psychiatrist who was a musician at heart
His true legacy was the freedom enjoyed by thousands of people who avoided institutionalisation as a result of the reforms
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Thousands avoided being locked up in institutions thanks to Prof Ivor Browne, funeral hears
President Michael D Higgins in attendance as ‘iconoclastic, unafraid’ psychiatrist is laid to rest
Source: irishtimes.com
Obituary: Ivor Browne, acclaimed psychiatrist who was a mental health pioneer and remained defiant when censured over Fr Michael Cleary scandal
Professor Ivor Browne, who has died aged 94, was a leading psychiatrist who held senior positions in the Irish health system and in the academic world as well as being a talented musician. Born on March 18, 1929 at 1 Sandycove Avenue in south Co Dublin, he was christened with the first names William Ivory. However, when he discovered later that “William Ivory” had been the name of a Cromwellian soldier who was given the lands of the Browne family in the townland of Mulrankin, Co Wexford, aft...
Source: independent.ie
In praise of Ivor Browne: groundbreaker, lifesaver
The Irish psychiatrist at the heart of a new documentary has transformed our view of mental illness
Source: irishtimes.com
The Gentleman Browne
Nature will fight back by killing two-thirds of the world’s population, the education system creates conformists and giving love brings love, says ‘one of Ireland’s great liberators’, psychiatrist Ivor Browne, who at 84 finds himself surrounded by women
Source: irishtimes.com
Ireland's Catholic 'ethos' was never going to dissipate quickly
NMH controversy is a legacy of the historic relationship between the Church and state
United Kingdom Mary Kenny Jack Lynch June Levine John Charles Mcquaid Irish Women Liberation Movement
Source: irishtimes.com