Background
Cooper, John Edward was born on July 27, 1929 in Sheffield, Yorkshire, England. Son of Cyril Martin and Enid Alexandra (Greaves) Cooper.
(This book was published in 1974 as a guide to a method of...)
This book was published in 1974 as a guide to a method of partially standardising the assessment of a subject's mental state with the object of achieving greater comparability between different examiners. The basis of the technique is a glossary of definitions of symptoms which is firmly grounded in the European school of psychiatry, with its long tradition of clinical observation and emphasis on the importance of listening to the a patient's description of unusual experiences. The definitions clearly set out the experiences which constitute psychiatric symptoms. An interview technique - the Present State Examination - which allows the symptoms to be elicited and reliably recorded is descried. The system was developed over a period of a decade and was still evolving at the time of this book's publication. The importance of this book lies in the fact that it shows how much the subjective element of psychiatric diagnosis may be brought under control.
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Cooper, John Edward was born on July 27, 1929 in Sheffield, Yorkshire, England. Son of Cyril Martin and Enid Alexandra (Greaves) Cooper.
Bachelor in Physiology, Oxford (England) University, 1951; B.M., Bachelor of Surgery, Oxford (England) University, 1953.
Science officer Medical Research Council, United Kingdom, 1962-1965. Deputy director in United Kingdom United States-United Kingdom Diagnostic Project, 1965-1969. Vice-dean Institute of Psychiatry, London, 1969-1971.
Consultant psychiatrist Royal Bethlem and Maudsley Hospitals, 1969-1971. Foundation professor psychiatry University Nottingham (England) Medical School, 1971-1990. Emeritus professor psychiatry University Nottingham, since 1990.
Psychiatric consultant. Member World Health Organization Expert Panel on Mental Health, Geneva, since 1970.
(This book was published in 1974 as a guide to a method of...)
Fellow Royal Society Medicine (United Kingdom), Royal College Psychiatry.
Married Chloƫ W. Simpson, July 1959 (divorced November 1990). Children: Elizabeth, Polly, Martin.