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Michael Fitzgerald (psychiatrist)
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Michael Fitzgerald (psychiatrist)

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Michael Fitzgerald
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Michael Fitzgerald in March 2006
Born (1946-10-07) 7 October 1946
Lucan, Dublin, Ireland
Nationality Irish
Alma mater Trinity College, Dublin
Spouse Frances Fitzgerald (m. 1990)
Children 3
Website professormichaelfitzgerald.eu

Michael Fitzgerald (born 7 October 1946) is an Irish professor of child and adolescent psychiatry, specialising in autism spectrum disorder (ASD). As of June 2005, he said he had diagnosed over 900 individuals with Asperger syndrome.

Career

His research is in the area of epidemiology of child and adolescent psychiatry. He has been involved in research collaboration in 18 countries and in initiating master's degree programs at Irish universities. He has lectured including in London, at the Royal Society, British Academy, and the British Library and also in New York City, Buenos Aires, Tbilisi, Melbourne and many European countries as well as in China, Malaysia, Korea, and Hawaii. He was the overall winner of the “Excellence in Psychiatry” award 2017 and was nominated as one of the top 4 Psychiatrists by Hospital Professional News Ireland - Top 100 Professionals in Ireland 2017.

Autism

In 2004's Autism and Creativity: Is There a Link Between Autism in Men and Exceptional Ability?, Fitzgerald claims that Lewis Carroll, Éamon de Valera, Sir Keith Joseph, Ramanujan, Ludwig Wittgenstein and W.B. Yeats may have been autistic.

In 2005's The Genesis of Artistic Creativity: Asperger's Syndrome and the Arts, he claims that historical figures such as Hans Christian Andersen and George Orwell might have been autistic.

Selected publications


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