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Barnes, David Thomas (1923 - 2000) |
| Forensic psychiatrist |
| Born: 8 December 1923. Died: 14 November 2000. |
| David Thomas Barnes was a internationally recognised forensic psychiatrist. In 1983 he was also appointed Principal forensic psychiatric expert witness by the Hong Kong Government. After many years working as a general practitioner, Barnes decided he wanted to work in psychiatry and completed a Diploma in psychological medicine in 1960 at the University of Melbourne – the only place to offer psychiatry at that time. He then set up a private practice in East Melbourne and began treating the criminally insane. Barnes worked as a consultant forensic psychiatrist for over twenty-five years and was called as an expert witness in trials across most of Australia. He travelled widely and was a visiting scholar at many overseas institutes such as Menninger Clinic in Kansas (USA) and the HM Prison Psychiatric Service in England (1966, 1978). Taken from The Age, Obituaries 20/12/2000. |
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