Mary May Robertson

Mary May Robertson (born 7 June 1948) is a South African neuropsychiatrist and academic. She holds honorary positions at the University of Cape Town and University College London, where she serves as an Emeritus Professor of Neuropsychiatry and Professor at the Department of Psychiatry respectively. She is a consultant at St George's Hospital, London. During that period, she was awarded a fellow of the Royal College of Physicians and Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health. She received her Doctor of Science in Medicine in 2006. She was the first woman to receive that degree from UCT.

Career Medicine Robertson's research explored Tourette syndrome; she authored or co-authored over 200 peer-reviewed articles and four books. In 2000 she co-founded in Denmark with Anne Korsgaad the European Society for the Study of Tourette Syndrome (ESSTS), of which she was appointed Honorary President for Life in 2008. She retired early in 2002 due to poor health and was appointed Emeritus Professor of UCL.

Geography She was elected as a fellow of the Royal Geographical Society for travelling in 1976 "on a yacht, circumnavigating under square rig while undertaking solo expeditions upriver, and living with the Ibans in the Borneo jungle".

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Journal articles Robertson MM, Eapen V (October 2014). "Tourette's: syndrome, disorder or spectrum? Classificatory challenges and an appraisal of the DSM criteria". Asian Journal of Psychiatry . Robertson MM (November 2008). "The prevalence and epidemiology of Gilles de la Tourette syndrome. Part 1: the epidemiological and prevalence studies". J Psychosom Res. 65 (5): 461–472. Robertson MM (February 2011). "Gilles de la Tourette syndrome: the complexities of phenotype and treatment". Br J Hosp Med (Lond). 72 (2): 100–107 Robertson MM, Eapen V, Singer HS, et al. (February 2017). "Gilles de la Tourette syndrome" (PDF). Nat Rev Dis Primers. 3 (1): 16097 Stern JS, Burza S, Robertson MM (January 2005). "Gilles de la Tourette's syndrome and its impact in the UK". Postgrad Med J. 81 (951): 12–19 Robertson MM (March 2000). "Tourette syndrome, associated conditions and the complexities of treatment". Brain. 123 Eapen V, Robertson MM (2015). "Are there distinct subtypes in Tourette syndrome? Pure-Tourette syndrome versus Tourette syndrome-plus, and simple versus complex tics". Neuropsychiatr Dis Treat. 11: 1431–6 Freeman RD, Fast DK, Burd L, Kerbeshian J, Robertson MM, Sandor P (July 2000). "An international perspective on Tourette syndrome: selected findings from 3,500 individuals in 22 countries". Dev Med Child Neurol. 42 (7): 436–47