Jonathan Cole (psychiatrist)

Jonathan Otis Cole was a psychiatrist and the former chief of psychopharmacology at McLean Hospital was considered to be the “father of clinical psychopharmacology in the United States ... internationally known for his breakthrough research on the use of drugs to treat psychiatric illnesses.”[1]

The Cole Resource Center at McLean Hospital is named in his honor and he was the founder of the Manic-Depressive & Depressive Association (MDDA)-Boston.[1][2]

Cole, the first director of the psychopharmacology research branch at the National Institute of Mental Health, died May 26, 2009 due to renal disease complications in Boston.[1]

Early life

Cole’s father, Arthur Harrison Cole, taught economics at Harvard University. He graduated from Milton Academy in 1942 before enrolling at Harvard College. In 1944, he enrolled at Cornell University Medical College in New York. From 1967 until 1973, he was a psychiatrist and Superintendent at the Boston State Hospital.[1]

References
  1. "Jonathan O. Cole, at 83; pioneered use of drugs in psychiatry". The Boston Globe. June 28, 2009. Retrieved 6 December 2020.
  2. "About the Cole Resource Center"


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