Ivor Browne, psychiatrist who reformed the outdated treatment of mental illness in Ireland – obituary

Ivor Browne at home in Ranelagh, Dublin: he battled the over-prescription of mood-altering drugs and believed electroconvulsive therapy should be a last resort – Joe St Leger/THE IRISH TIMES Ivor Browne, who has died aged 94, was a psychiatrist who transformed public perception of mental illness in Ireland, overseeing the shift from overcrowded hospital wards … Read more