Jean Delay
Jean Delay (14 November 1907, Bayonne – 29 May 1987, Paris) was a French psychiatrist, neurologist, writer, and a member of the Académie française (Chair 17).
Jean Delay | |
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| Born | 14 November 1907 Bayonne, France |
| Died | 29 May 1987 (aged 79) Paris, France |
| Education | Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital |
| Alma mater | Sorbonne |
| Known for | First studies of the effects of chlorpromazine, writing |
| Children | Florence Delay, Claude Delay |
| Awards | Commander of the Legion of Honor, Grand Officer of the National Order of Merit, and Commander of Arts and Letters |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Psychiatry, literature |
| Institutions | fr:Centre hospitalier Sainte-Anne |
His assistant Pierre Deniker conducted a test of chlorpromazine on the male mental ward where Delay worked, and the two published their findings (quickly, with what has been called academic gamesmanship) in 1952. Chlorpromazine turned out to be the first effective drug treatment for mental illness and it had a profound effect on the mentally ill and mental asylums.
In 1968–1970, student revolutionaries attacked his offices, and Delay was forced into retirement from medicine. In later life, he lived as a writer.
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