Fox, Ruth, 1895-1989
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- Coleman, Ruth Fox
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Birth Date
- 1895
Death Date
- 1989
Has Affiliation
- Organization: American Society of Addiction Medicine
Associated Language
- English
Field of Activity
Addiction
Medicine
Occupation
Physician
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- found: Her Alcoholism, 1955.
- found: Information from 678 converted Dec. 19, 2014(Ph.B., Univ. of Chicago, '19; M.D., Rush Med. Coll., '26)
- found: Wikipedia, Dec. 30, 2015American Society of Addiction Medicine (Founder: Ruth Fox, MD, (1895-1989) graduated from Rush Medical College in Chicago. She and her colleagues dedicated their medical practice to the treatment of alcoholics, and introduced Antabuse, and promoted the use of Alcoholics Anonymous and other therapeutic modalities in the treatment of addiction. She was the first President of the Society (1954) and the first Medical Director of the National Council on alcoholism (1958). As a psychiatrist, she treated hundreds of patients and published widely on alcoholism. She lectured regularly to educate doctors and others about alcoholism as a disease. The winner of a number of honors, she received, among others, the Citation of Merit award from the Malvern Institute for Psychiatric and Alcoholic Studies in 1963; the Silver Key award from the National Council on Alcoholism in 1972, and the annual award from the American Medical Society on Alcoholism in 1973. She was a fellow of several groups including the American Psychiatric Association, the New York Academy of Medicine, the American Academy of Psychoanalysis, the American Health Association and the American Society of Clinical Hypnosis. Dr. Fox retired in 1979.)
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- 1980-05-23: new
- 2023-08-29: revised
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