William Alwyn Lishman

British psychiatrist and neurologist (1931–2021)

William Alwyn Lishman (16 May 1931 – 24 January 2021)[1] was a British psychiatrist and neurologist most famous for writing Lishman's Organic Psychiatry, a neuropsychiatry textbook and standard reference for over thirty years in its field.[2] Publishing company Blackwell had sought out Lishman to write the textbook, though he was reluctant until one day he wanted to buy a grand piano, which he did with an advance on the book.[3]

Lishman was the founding chair of the British Neuropsychiatry Association.[4]

## References

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1. ^ "Alwyn Lishman obituary". The Guardian. 9 February 2021. Retrieved 10 February 2021.
2. ^ Mitchell, Alex J. (2010). "Lishman's Organic Psychiatry: A Textbook of Neuropsychiatry Edited by Antony David, Simon Fleminger, Michael Kopelman, Simon Lovestone & John Mellers. Wiley-Blackwell. 2009. £120 (Hb). 948pp. ISBN: 9781405118606". British Journal of Psychiatry. 197 (2): 160–161\. doi:10.1192/bjp.bp.109.073742.
3. ^ Poole, Norman A. (2013). "Interview with Professor William Alwyn Lishman". The Psychiatrist. 37 (10): 343–344\. doi:10.1192/pb.bp.113.044305.
4. ^ Bird, Jonathan (2017-08-01). "1 Origins of neuropsychiatry/bnpa". Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry. 88 (8): A1 – A1. doi:10.1136/jnnp-2017-BNPA.1. ISSN 0022-3050.

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