Mildred Creak

Mildred Creak
Mildred Creak
Born	Eleanor Mildred Creak; 1 August 1898; Cheadle Hulme, Stockport, England
Died	25 August 1993 (aged 95); Stevenage, Hertfordshire, England
Education	London School of Medicine for Women; University College Hospital;
Occupation	Child psychiatrist
Organizations	Maudsley Hospital; Royal Army Medical Corps; Great Ormond Street Hospital;
Awards	Rockefeller Fellowship

Eleanor Mildred Creak (1 August 1898 – 25 August 1993) was an English

organic mental disorders. She began her career at Maudsley Hospital and later headed the psychiatric department at Great Ormond Street Hospital

.

Early life

Mildred Creak was born on 1 August 1898 in Cheadle Hulme, Stockport, to Robert Brown Creak, a mill engineer, and Ellen (née McCrossan).^[1] She attended Withington Girls' School^[2] and went on to study medicine at the London School of Medicine for Women, transferring after a year to University College Hospital Medical School and graduating in 1923.^[1]

Career

After qualifying, Creak had difficulty securing a medical post because she was a woman. After 90 job applications, she was eventually hired as an assistant physician by

organic mental disorders: psychiatric problems including tics, chorea, compulsions, hysteria and compulsions caused by biological disease.^[1]

Creak worked at Maudsley Hospital until 1939, when it was evacuated to

autism, then known as "schizophrenic syndrome of childhood", based partly on 100 patients Creak had treated. At a time when autism was thought to be caused by inadequate parenting, she proposed that it was primarily caused by genetic factors.^[3] A unit for autistic children in Perth, Western Australia, was subsequently named after Creak.^[3]

Later life

Creak retired in 1963. She developed Alzheimer's disease in the 1970s, and died from breast cancer on 25 August 1993 in Stevenage, Hertfordshire.^[1]

References

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doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/51812. (Subscription or UK public library membership
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^ ^a ^b "Eleanor Mildred Creak". Munk's Roll Volume IX. Royal College of Physicians. Retrieved 25 November 2017.
^ ^a ^b ^c Graham, Philip (6 November 1993). "Obituary: Dr Mildred Creak". The Independent. Archived from the original on 14 May 2022. Retrieved 25 November 2017.

[odnb-1] 
doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/51812. (Subscription or UK public library membership
required.)

[munks-2] "Eleanor Mildred Creak". Munk's Roll Volume IX. Royal College of Physicians. Retrieved 25 November 2017.

[independent-3] Graham, Philip (6 November 1993). "Obituary: Dr Mildred Creak". The Independent. Archived from the original on 14 May 2022. Retrieved 25 November 2017.

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