Background
Ritson, Edward Bruce was born on March 20, 1937 in Elgin, Scotland. Son of Harold Manson and Ivy (Catherall) Ritson.
Ritson, Edward Bruce was born on March 20, 1937 in Elgin, Scotland. Son of Harold Manson and Ivy (Catherall) Ritson.
South.Harold Manson and Ivy (Catherall) R. Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery, Edinburgh University, 1961, Doctor of Medicine 1967. Community Mental Health diploma, Harvard University, 1967.
Intern, Royal Infirmary, Western General Hospital Edinburgh, 1961-1962. Resident in psychiatry Royal Edinburgh Hospital, 1962-1968. Director Sheffield Region Addiction Unit, Nottingham, England, 1968-1971.
Consultant, senior lecturer Royal Edinburgh Hospital, Scotland, since 1971.
Temporary consultant World Health Organization, Geneva, intermittently since 1978. Consultant Government Western Australia Alcohol and Drug Authority, Perth, 1983.
(Book by Ritson, B., Hassall, Christine)
Chairman, Howard League for Penal Reform Scotland. Chairman Medical Council on Alcoholism. Fellow Royal College Psychiatrists (former chair addiction faculty).
Married Eileen Carey, September 27, 1966.