Martin Roth (psychiatrist)

Roth was born in Budapest, Austria-Hungary, on 6 November 1917. He was the son of a synagogue cantor. His family moved to the East End of London, England when he was five years old. He attended the Davenant Foundation School in Loughton, Essex. Roth trained in medicine at St. Mary's Hospital in Paddington, London, qualifying to practice medicine in 1941. He then trained in neurology under Russell Brain, 1st Baron Brain at Maida Vale Hospital for Nervous Diseases. Next, he went to Maudsley Hospital where he trained in psychiatry. ==Career ==

In 1948, Roth worked with Willy Mayer-Gross at Crichton Royal Hospital in Dumfries. After two years in 1950, he moved to Graylingwell Hospital, psychiatric hospital in Chichester, Sussex, where he was the director of clinical research. Roth authored more than 400 papers that were published in scholarly journals. He was an examiner in medicine at Royal College of Physicians from 1962 to 1964 and 1968 and 1972. He was a member of the council of the Royal College of Physicians from 1968 to 1971. He was the first president of the Royal College of Psychiatrists from 1971 to 1975. Roth was also a trustee of the Schizophrenia Research Fund, a charity founded by Miriam Rothschild == Honours ==

Martin Roth was knighted in the 1972 New Year Honours List. ==Personal life==

Roth married Constance Heller in 1945. The couple had three daughters. Roth died on 26 September 2006 in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire at the age of 88 years. He was buried in Cambridge City Cemetery. ==Selected publications==

Author • Clinical Psychiatry. with Willy Mayer-Gross and Eliot Slater. London: Cassell, 1954. • The Reality of Mental Illness. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1986. • CAMDEX—the Cambridge Examination for Mental Disorders of the Elderly. with Felicia A. Huppert, C. Q. Mountjoy, and Elizabeth Tym. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1988. • Ageing and the Aged in Contemporary Society. Indiana University Institute for Advanced Study, 1993. • Philosophical Foundations of Neurolaw. Lanham: Lexington Books, 2017. Editor • Psychiatry, Human Rights and the Law. with Robert Bluglass. Cambridge University Press, 1986. • Handbook of Anxiety, vol. 1: Biological, Clinical, and Cultural Perspectives. with Russell Noyes Jr. and Graham D Burrows. Amsterdam: Elsevier, 1988. • Handbook of Anxiety, vol. 2: Classification, Etiological Factors, and Associated Disturbances. with Russell Noyes Jr. and Graham D Burrows. Amsterdam: Elsevier, 1988. • Handbook of Anxiety, vol. 3: The Neurobiology of Anxiety. with Russell Noyes Jr. and Graham D Burrows. Amsterdam: Elsevier, 1990. • Handbook of Anxiety, vol. 4: The Treatment of Anxiety. with Russell Noyes Jr. and Graham D Burrows. Amsterdam: Elsevier, 1990. • Handbook of Anxiety, vol. 5: Contemporary Issues and Prospects for Research in Anxiety Disorders. with Russell Noyes Jr. and Graham D Burrows. Amsterdam: Elsevier, 1992. ==References ==