Eve Johnstone

Eve Cordelia Johnstone (born 1 September 1944) is a Scottish physician, clinical researcher, psychiatrist and academic. Her main research area is in the field of schizophrenia and psychotic illness. She is emeritus Professor of Psychiatry and Honorary Assistant Principal for Mental Health Research Development and Public Understanding of Medicine at the University of Edinburgh. She is best known for her 1976 groundbreaking study that showed brain abnormalities in schizophrenic patients compared to a control group.

Early life and education Eve Cordelia Johnstone was born on 1 September 1944 in Glasgow. Her parents were Dorothy Mary and William Gillespie Johnstone, a dental surgeon. She attended Park School in Glasgow before going on to study medicine at the University of Glasgow, graduating with her MB ChB in 1967. From 1968 to 1972, she continued her training in hospitals in Glasgow specialising in psychiatry. She was also a pioneer in researching individuals at high risk of developing schizophrenia and potential preventative treatment.

In addition to her research interests, Johnstone is a full-time consultant psychiatrist at the Royal Edinburgh Hospital. She is also Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Edinburgh and an Assistant Principal at the University of Edinburgh. Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE), 2002 Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, 2005 Honorary Doctor of Medicine, University of Edinburgh, 2014 Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians

Selected works Schizophrenia: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions series) by Christopher Frith and Eve Johnstone Searching for the Causes of Schizophrenia (Oxford Medical Publications) by Eve C. Johnstone, 1994 Biological Psychiatry by Eve C. Johnstone, 1996 Schizophrenia: Concepts and Clinical Management by Eve C. Johnstone, Martin S. Humphreys, Fiona H. Lang, and Stephen M. Lawrie, 1999 Companion to Psychiatric Studies by Eve Johnstone, C. Freeman, and A. Zealley, 1999 Schizophrenia: From Neuroimaging to Neuroscience by Daniel R. Weinberger, Eve C. Johnstone, 2005