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Yeomans, Neville Thomas (1928 - 2000)

Psychiatrist

Born: 7 October 1928 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Died: 30 May 2000 Brisbane, South Australia, Australia.

Neville Thomas Yeomans set up Fraser House in Sydney in 1959.This was Australia’s first family-based centre for treating neurosis and alcohol and drug addiction. The centre catered for over 80 residents, including children. From 1967 Yeomans was Co-ordinator of Community Mental Health Services, New South Wales Department of Public Health. He was a strong believer in community-based care and worked for many years with Aboriginal and Islander populations

Career Highlights

Chronology
c. 1958 Bachelor of Science (BSc) and Bachelor of Medicine (MB) completed at the University of Sydney
1959 - Honorary Psychiatrist at the Sydney Hospital
1959 Diploma in Psychological Medicine completed at University of Sydney?
1959 - 1967 Founder and Director of Fraser House Therapeutic Community Centre at the North Ryde Psychiatric Hospital
1959 - 1972 Instructor in Healing Community courses in New South Wales and Alice Springs
1960 - Honorary Consulting Psychiatrist at the Langton Clinic for Alcoholics
1963 Diploma of Sociology completed at the University of New South Wales
c. 1965 - c. 1970 Coordinator of Community Mental Health Services in the New South Wales Department of Public Health
1967 - 1970 Member of the Foundation for Research & Treatment of Alcoholism and Drug Dependence board
1975 Law degree completed at University of New South Wales

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Prepared by: McCarthy, G.J & Annette Alafaci
Created: 20 October 1993
Modified: 16 November 2005

Published by The University of Melbourne eScholarship Research Centre on ASAPWeb, 1994 - 2007
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