Dr. Eugene Ziskind; USC Psychiatry Professor
Dr. Eugene Ziskind, 93, USC psychiatry professor who chaired the psychiatric departments of County-USC Medical Center and Cedars of Lebanon Hospital. He wrote the textbook “Psychophysiologic Medicine” and more than 140 articles about his research on physical and biological causes of mental illness. Internationally recognized for his work, he was named an honorary fellow of the Royal College of Psychiatrists in London in 1974, and was honored by the California State Medical Assn., the Southern California Psychiatric Society and the Gateways Mental Health Center. In 1952, Ziskind was attacked by a former patient wielding a wrench, but remained dedicated to personal treatment of the mentally ill as well as to research, writing, lecturing and teaching. On Nov. 5 in Los Angeles.
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