1. Max Meier Glatt was a German British psychiatrist and addiction expert.
13 Facts About Max Glatt
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Max Glatt was one of the pioneers in the treatment of people with an addictive personality trait.
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From 1951, Max Glatt worked as a doctor and psychotherapist in various London clinics, including Warlingham Park Hospital.
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Max Glatt made significant breakthroughs in the development of the "Jellinek curve" of alcoholic addiction.
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Max Glatt treated HM Prison Wormwood Scrubs' addicts, and such was the success of his programmes that the prison's football team was nicknamed the "Max Glatt Dynamos".
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Max Glatt was appointed as a consultant in 1958 he set up an alcohol dependency unit in a female ward in St Bernard's Hospital, Hanwell.
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Max Glatt was one of the scientists who early on postulated that alcohol addiction was a disease and lobbied the World Health Organization to this end.
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In 1962, Max Glatt took over as editor of the British Journal of Addiction, a position he held for fifteen years.
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Max Glatt was a vice-president of the Medical Council on Alcohol.
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Max Glatt was married to Gisella, a Holocaust survivor; the couple had a son and several grandchildren.
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Max Glatt was described as deeply religious, modest and gentle with a sense of humour.
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Max Glatt ran a weekly group at Florence Nightingale Hospital after retirement until he suffered a fall.
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Max Glatt was elected distinguished fellow of the Society for the Study of Addiction.