Background
Connell, Philip Henry was born on July 6, 1921 in Leeds, Yorkshire, England. Son of George Henry and Evelyn Hilda (Sykes) Connell.
Connell, Philip Henry was born on July 6, 1921 in Leeds, Yorkshire, England. Son of George Henry and Evelyn Hilda (Sykes) Connell.
M.B.B.S., London U., 1951; D.P.M., London U., 1956; Doctor of Medicine, London U., 1957.
House physician, then senior house officer, St. Stephen's Hospital, London, 1951-1953;
successively senior house officer, registrar, senior registrar, Bethlem Royal Hospital and Maudsley Hospital, London, 1953-1957;
consultant psychiatrist, Newcastle General Hospital and Royal Victoria Infirmary, 1957-1963;
physician, consultant psychiatrist, The Bethlem Royal Hospital and The Maudsley Hospital, London, 1963-1986;
emeritus physician, The Bethlem Royal Hospital and The Maudsley Hospital, London, since 1986;
director Drug Dependence Clinical Research and Treatment Unit, The Bethlem Royal Hospital and The Maudsley Hospital, London, until 1986. Member county Royal College Psychiatrists, 1971-1981, chairman child and adolescent specialist section 1971-1974, vice president, 1979-1981, appointed member General Medical Council, 1981-1991. Member standing mental health advising committee D.H.S.S., 1966-1972, vice chairman, 1967-1972.
Member Trethowan Committee, 1968-1972, consultant, 1965-1971, 81-86. Chairman Advisory Council on Misuse of Drugs, 1982-1988. Chairman Secretary State for Transport.'s Honorary Advisory Panel on Driving and Drugs and Alcohol Misuse, since 1988, chairman Institute for Study of Drug Dependence, 1975-1990.
Board Governors Mowden Hall School, Northumberland, 1976-1982. Member General Medical Council, 1979-1991. Honorary vice president International Council on Alcohol and Addictions, since 1982, chairman science and professional advisory board 1971-1979, board management, 1984-1988.
Fellow Royal College Psychiatrists (honorary), Royal College Physicians. Mem.Soc. for Study of Addition (president 1972-1975), Athenaeum Club (London), Roehamton Club (London).
Married Marjory Helen Gilham, March 31, 1948. Children: Michael, David. Married Cecily Mary Harper, September 1, 1973.
