Jean Delay
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Jean Delay was a French psychiatrist
, neurologist
and writer. He discovered, jointly with J. M. Harl and Pierre Deniker
, who was also a French psychiatrist, that a high dose of chlorpromazine
produced a considerable reduction in the agitation and aggression
of those patients with symptoms of schizophrenia
.
, of the Académie française
, and of Claude Delay, novelist and psychoanalyist.
Psychiatrist
A psychiatrist is a physician who specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of mental disorders. All psychiatrists are trained in diagnostic evaluation and in psychotherapy...
, neurologist
Neurologist
A neurologist is a physician who specializes in neurology, and is trained to investigate, or diagnose and treat neurological disorders.Neurology is the medical specialty related to the human nervous system. The nervous system encompasses the brain, spinal cord, and peripheral nerves. A specialist...
and writer. He discovered, jointly with J. M. Harl and Pierre Deniker
Pierre Deniker
Pierre Deniker was involved, jointly with Jean Delay and J. M. Harl, in the introduction of chlorpromazine , the first antipsychotic used in the treatment of schizophrenia, in the 1950's. Thorazine had been used in surgical procedures peri-operatively as an anti-nausea medication in France....
, who was also a French psychiatrist, that a high dose of chlorpromazine
Chlorpromazine
Chlorpromazine is a typical antipsychotic...
produced a considerable reduction in the agitation and aggression
Aggression
In psychology, as well as other social and behavioral sciences, aggression refers to behavior between members of the same species that is intended to cause humiliation, pain, or harm. Ferguson and Beaver defined aggressive behavior as "Behavior which is intended to increase the social dominance of...
of those patients with symptoms 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...
.
Children
Jean Delay was the father of Florence DelayFlorence Delay
Florence Delay is a French academician and actress.-Biography:The daughter of Marie-Madeleine Carrez and Jean Delay, Delay studied at the Lycée Jean de La Fontaine and then the Sorbonne....
, of the Académie française
Académie française
L'Académie française , also called the French Academy, is the pre-eminent French learned body on matters pertaining to the French language. The Académie was officially established in 1635 by Cardinal Richelieu, the chief minister to King Louis XIII. Suppressed in 1793 during the French Revolution,...
, and of Claude Delay, novelist and psychoanalyist.
Honors
- Commander of the Légion d'honneurLégion d'honneurThe Legion of Honour, or in full the National Order of the Legion of Honour is a French order established by Napoleon Bonaparte, First Consul of the Consulat which succeeded to the First Republic, on 19 May 1802...
- Commander of Arts et Lettres
- Grand officer of the Ordre national du MériteOrdre National du MériteThe Ordre national du Mérite is an Order of State awarded by the President of the French Republic. It was founded on 3 December 1963 by President Charles de Gaulle...
- Commander of the Ordre de la Santé publiqueOrdre de la Santé publiqueThe Ordre de la Santé publique was a French order of merit, created by presidential decree of President Albert Lebrun on 18 February 1938 and amended on 22 May 1954, and awarded for services to the public health and protection of children...