Eve C. Johnstone , CBE

Order of the British Empire

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 MD

Doctor of Medicine

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 FRCP

Royal College of Physicians

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 FRCPsych

Royal College of Psychiatrists

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 DPM FMedSci FRSE

Royal Society of Edinburgh

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 is a Scottish neuroscientist

Neuroscientist

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. She is currently Professor of Psychiatry

Psychiatry

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 and Head of the Division of Psychiatry at the University of Edinburgh

University of Edinburgh

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.

Her main research area is in the field of schizophrenia

Schizophrenia

Schizophrenia is a mental disorder characterized by a disintegration of thought processes and of emotional responsiveness. It most commonly manifests itself as auditory hallucinations, paranoid or bizarre delusions, or disorganized speech and thinking, and it is accompanied by significant social...

 and psychotic illness

Psychosis

Psychosis means abnormal condition of the mind, and is a generic psychiatric term for a mental state often described as involving a "loss of contact with reality"...

. Whilst she has published extensively and many of her studies have been influential she is best known for her groundbreaking 1976 study. This involved using a CT

Computed tomography

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 scanner to produce brain images of schizophrenic patients which were then compared to normal controls. Using this method she was able to demonstrate anatomical

Anatomy

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 differences between the brains of people with schizophrenia compared with the normal controls.

In addition to her research interests Prof. Johnstone is also a full time Consultant Psychiatrist at the Royal Edinburgh Hospital

Royal Edinburgh Hospital

The Royal Edinburgh Hospital is a psychiatric hospital in Edinburgh, Scotland. It is operated by the Primary and Community Division of NHS Lothian...

. She also has responsibility for training Edinburgh University medical students in psychiatry. She was a member of the Nuffield Council on Bioethics

Nuffield Council on Bioethics

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 1991-1994.

Prof. Johnstone counts Opera

Opera

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 amongst her interests.

On October 15, 2007 Eve C. Johnstone was awarded the Lieber Prize for Outstanding Achievement in Schizophrenia Research by NARSAD

NARSAD

NARSAD, or National Alliance for Research on Schizophrenia and Depression, is a private, not-for-profit public charity. It is the largest donor-supported organization that supports research on brain and behavior disorders...

.

Books

• Schizophrenia: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions
  Very Short Introductions
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  series) by Christopher Frith and Eve Johnstone
• Searching for the Causes of Schizophrenia (Oxford Medical Publications) by Eve C. Johnstone, 1994
• Biological Psychiatry by Eve C. Johnstone, 1996
• Schizophrenia: Concepts and Clinical Management by Eve C. Johnstone, Martin S. Humphreys, Fiona H. Lang, and Stephen M. Lawrie, 1999
• Companion to Psychiatric Studies by Eve Johnstone, C. Freeman, and A. Zealley, 1999
• Schizophrenia: From Neuroimaging to Neuroscience by Daniel R. Weinberger, Eve C. Johnstone, 2005

Links

• Eve Johnstone - psychiatrist - at Medical Research Council website