We have once more to record the death of one of the former Presidents of our Society. Dr. J. G. Davey died on February 20th, at the advanced age of 82. He began his professional life as a general practitioner, but circumstances soon transferred him to the special branch of medical work which he continued to the end, viz., the treatment of lunacy and the care of the insane; and it will be seen f...

[1] Professor of Mathematics; University of Vermont, 1999-present. [1] Visiting Associate Professor of Mathematics; Rutgers University (New Brunswick, New Jersey) [on sabbatical from UVM], 1992-1993. [2] Associate Professor of Mathematics; University of Vermont, 1991-1999. [3] Assistant Professor of Mathematics; University of Vermont, 1986-1991. [4] Van Vleck Assistant Professor; University of ...

has provoked a lot of interest and comment. For those who haven't read it, how would you summarise the argument? In a nutshell, I argue that psychiatry over the past 40 years, under the dominance of the medical or 'technological' model, has done a lot of harm in the name of helping vulnerable people. Not intentionally, I hasten to add, but as an outcome of taking the medical model too far. Your...