Ralph R. Hetherington

Ralph R. Hetherington (1917 – February 23, 2000) was a British clinical psychologist who for a period was General Secretary of the British Psychological Society.

Ralph R. Hetherington
Born1917
DiedFebruary 23, 2000(2000-02-23) (aged 82–83)
NationalityBritish
Scientific career
FieldsPsychology, clinical psychology

Life

After training in clinical psychology, Hetherington worked for a period in the Creighton Royal Hospital in Dumfries about which he wrote Hetherington, 1956).[1][2] He then took up a joint academic/clinical appointment with the University of Liverpool and the United Liverpool Hospitals. In this position he established a training programme in clinical psychology and co-authored a textbook for medical students.[3]

He was active in the British Psychological Society of which he became General Secretary in 1973 and then was elected president in 1982. In his presidential address he emphasised the need psychologists to realise that the discipline is not only a natural science but also a social and interpretive science and for this reason it should develop its own methods of inquiry.[4]

He joined the Quakers as a young conscientious objector during World War II and remained active in the fellowship for over 40 years.[5]

He died on February 23, 2000, aged 82.[6]

Publications
  • Hetherington, R. (1956). The effects of ECT on the efficiency and retentivity of depressed patients. British Journal of Medical Psychology, 29 (3-4), 258–269.
  • Hetherington, R.R., Miller, D.H. & Neville, J.G. (1964). An Introduction to Psychology for Medical Students.[7]
  • Hethering, R. (1983). Communication between doctors and psychologists. British Journal of Medical Psychology, 56(1), 99-104.
  • Hetherington, R. 1987. The changing role of the clinical psychologist. Bulletin of the British Psychological Society, 34: 12–14.
  • Heatherington, R. (2009). Psychology in the Preclinical Curriculum at Liverpool. Medical Education 2(1):41-44.

Awards

References
  1. Hetherington, Ralph (1956). "The clinical psychologist in the mental hospital". British Medical Journal. 2 (Sept 22): 708–9. doi:10.1136/bmj.2.4994.708. PMC 2035228. PMID 13356053.
  2. Hetherington, Ralph (2000). "Early days in clinical psychology". Clinical Psychology Forum. 14.
  3. Bromley, Denis (2000). "Obituary - Ralph Hetherington". The Psychologist. 13 (7): 373.
  4. Hetherington, Ralph (1983). "Sacred cows and white elephants". Bulletin of the British Psychological Society. 36: 273–280.
  5. Heatherington, Ralph. "Readings for Universalists". Quaker Universalist Fellowship. Retrieved 5 August 2020.
  6. https://www.bps.org.uk/sites/www.bps.org.uk/files/History%20of%20Psychology/Obituary%20-%20Ralph%20R%20Hetherington.pdf
  7. Hetherington, Ralph (1966). An Introduction to Psychology for Medical Students. London: Heinneman.
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