John Todd

We thank James Todd, Sowerby Bridge, West Yorkshire, England, for submitting this biographical information about his father:

John Todd was educated at the City Of London School and London University.

Qualifications:
M.B.,B.S,M.R.C.S. (Eng).L.R.C.P.(Lond)
D.P.M.(Lond)
D.P.M.(Eng)
M.R.C.Psch

In 1937 Todd was awarded the Tanner Prize for Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Kings College Hospital, London. He was Consultant Psychiatrist, High Royds Hospital, Menston, West Yorkshire, from 1955 to 1979.

• Anton Chekhov-General Practitioner and Pioneer in Social Medicine.
  The Practitioner, London, volume 173, 1954.
• Autoscopia. The Oxford Medical School Gazette, 6,3.
• The Double–its Psychopathology and Psychophysiology.
  Jointly with Dr.K.Dewhurst.
  The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disorder, 1955, 122: 47.
• Syndrome of Alice in Wonderland.
  Canadian Medical Association Journal, Ottawa, 1955, 73: 701-704.
• The Othello Syndrome:a study in the psychopathology of sexual jealousy.
  Jointly with Dr.K.Dewhurst.
  The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disorder, Baltimore, 1955, 122: 367.
  John Todd was the first to name the Othello Syndrome.
• The psychosis of association: "Folie a Deux". Jointly with Dr.K.Dewhurst.
  The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disorder, Baltimore, 1956, 123: 451.
• The Syndrome of Capgras. Psychiatry Quarterly, 1957, 31: 250.
• The Significance of the Doppelganger (hallucinatory double) in Folklore and Neuropsychiatry.
  Jointly with Dr.K.Dewhurst. The Practitioner, London, 1962, 188: 377.
• The Bronte Children-aspects of their lives of medical interest.
  The Practitioner, London, 1967, 198: 575.
• Drug Addiction and Artistic Genius. The Practitioner, London, 1968, 201: 513.
• Lilliputian hallucination complicating dexamphetamine-amylobarbitone addiction.
  British Journal of Addiction, Oxford, 1968, 63: 271-274.
• Real or Imaginary Hypophallism.
  Jointly with Dr.J.Mackie and Dr.K.Dewhurst
  The British Journal of Psychiatry, Ashford, 1971, 119: 550.
• The Syndrome of Big Brother.
  The Practitioner, London, 1977, 219: 89.
• Thyrotoxicosis during Lithium treatment. Jointly with Dr.T.Jerram.
  The British Journal of Clinical Practice, July 7, 1978, 32: 7.
• The syndrome of Capgras. Jointly with Dr.K.Dewhurst and R.G.Wallis.
  The British Journal of Psychiatry, Ashford, 1981, 139: 319.
• The West Riding Asylum and James Crichton-Browne 1818-1876.
  Jointly with L.Ashworth.
  Published in the book entitled: 150 Years of British Psychiatrists 1841-1991. Edited by German E. Berrios and Hugh Freeman. Royal College of Psychiatrists 1991.
• The House. Written with L.Ashworth. 1993. Printed by Double "S" Printers, Bradford.
  A history of the Wakefield Asylum.