Dr S. Clare Rowson: Biography

Degrees

• MB.Ch.B. D.P.M. MRC.psych
• Medical degree from Sheffield University U.K. Post-graduate qualifications from London University and the Maudsley Post-graduate Institute of Psychiatry.
• Medical license in Alberta, Canada issued in 1975.

Professional background

• Lecturer (equivalent to associate professor) of Psychiatry for three years in London, England. (St Mary's Hospital medical school, London, U.K and the Maudsley Post graduate institute of Psychiatry, London, UK.)
• Immigrated to Canada in 1975 after being "head hunted" by the Government of Alberta.
  Worked as a staff Psychiatrist for Community Mental Health in Alberta and later at Alberta Hospital Edmonton. Had my own private psychotherapy practice in Spruce Grove, Alberta until 2002.
• Now retired from practising Psychiatry, although I am still an expert witness in that field.
• Hosted a radio talk show for a short time in Alberta in the 1980s called "That's Living".
• Past president of the Alberta Psychiatrist's Association.
• Former chairman of a hospital and regional Ethics Committee (made up largely of clergymen!).
• Currently I am medical columnist for the Western Producer (syndicated to a couple of other publications).

Publications

• Contributing author to a British medical textbook- "Case Histories for the MRCP" P. Dorrington- Ward and P. Sever. (now in its third edition with different authors)
• Validation study of the Middlesex Hospital Questionnaire. Intl Journal of Social Psychiatry 1978. with Dr J.D. Williamson.