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Sulammith (Sula) Wolff
In 1996, she translated a 1925 landmark paper that had been written in
Early life
She was born on 1 March 1924 in
Career
In her early career she worked at
She undertook post-graduate training in psychiatry at Maudsley Hospital under psychiatrist Sir Aubrey Lewis, developing an interest in the psychological problems of children. After Maudsley Hospital she practised in Cape Town where she was the country's first child psychiatrist.[2][5] She then moved to New York to work as a research fellow before settling in Edinburgh in 1962.[2] In 1966 she became a consultant psychiatrist at the Royal Hospital for Sick Children.
Awards
She was an honorary fellow of the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Edinburgh, a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians (1972), the Royal College of Psychiatrists (1972) and the Royal Society of Medicine.[2]
Personal life
While working at Maudsley Hospital she met Henry Walton, a South African psychiatrist. When he returned to South Africa to become Head of Psychiatry at Groote Schuur Hospital she went with him. They married in Cape Town in 1959. She moved with Walton to the United States in 1960 and Edinburgh, Scotland, in 1962.
Wolff died in Edinburgh on 21 September 2009, a short time after being diagnosed with leukemia.
Publications
- Children Under Stress Penguin Press: London (1969). ISBN 9780140136449.
- Loners: the Life Path of Unusual Children: Routledge: London (1995). ISBN 978-0-415-06665-5.
Children Under Stress was popular not only with child psychiatrists but also social workers, teachers and psychologists.[5]
References
- ^ a b Graham, Philip (22 October 2009). "Sula Wolff obituary". The Guardian.
- ^ a b c d e f g h "Munks Roll Details for Sulammith Wolff". munksroll.rcplondon.ac.uk. Retrieved 28 July 2019.
- ISBN 978-0-415-06665--5.
- S2CID 33759857.
- ^ ISSN 1758-3209.
External links
- Obituary (The Times, 5 October 2009)
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