Mary V. Seeman

Mary V. Seeman OC, FRCPC, (March 24, 1935 – April 23, 2024) was a Canadian psychiatrist who was a professor in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Toronto.^[1] She served as the Tapscott Chair in Schizophrenia from 1997 to 2000.^[2]

Seeman wrote on gender influences on outcome in schizophrenia,^[3] women in schizophrenia,^[4] and the impact of parenting with a mental illness.^[5]

Recognition

Seeman became a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada (FRCPC) in 1972, and was appointed Officer of the Order of Canada (OC) in 2006.^[6] In 2012 she received the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal.^[7]

Personal life

As a child, Seeman fled Nazi-occupied Poland with her family via Portugal and settled in Canada.^[8] She was married to scientist Philip Seeman.^[9] They had three sons including author Neil Seeman. Mary V. Seeman died on April 23, 2024, at the age of 89.^[10]

Publications

Books

• Reupert, A; Maybery, D; Nicholson, J; Göpfert, M; Seeman, M V. (2015). Parental Psychiatric Disorder: Distressed Parents and their Families. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9781107070684.
• Seeman, M.V. (1982). Living and working with schizophrenia. Toronto: University of Toronto Press. ISBN 0802064744. OCLC 9039169.
• Seeman, M. V. (1995). Gender and psychopathology (1st ed.). Washington, DC: American Psychiatric Press. ISBN 0880485647. OCLC 32051439. Trove

References

1. "Mary V. Seeman |". ims.utoronto.ca. Retrieved 2019-07-25.
2. "Mary V Seeman, M.D. | Tapscott Chair". 27 April 2013. Retrieved 2019-11-27.
3. Seeman, Mary V. (2019-03-01). "Does Gender Influence Outcome in Schizophrenia?". Psychiatric Quarterly. 90 (1): 173–184. doi:10.1007/s11126-018-9619-y. ISSN 1573-6709. PMID 30484001. S2CID 53759697.
4. Brzezinski-Sinai, Noa A; Seeman, Mary V (2017-03-30). "Women and schizophrenia: planning for the future". Future Neurology. 12 (2): 89–99. doi:10.2217/fnl-2016-0031. ISSN 1479-6708.
5. Reupert, Andrea; Maybery, Darryl; Nicholson, Joanne; Göpfert, Michael; Seeman, Mary V. (2015-07-09). Parental Psychiatric Disorder: Distressed Parents and their Families. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9781107070684.
6. "Mrs. Mary V. Seeman". Governor-General of Canada. Retrieved 1 May 2024.
7. "Mary V. Seeman". Governor-General of Canada. Retrieved 1 May 2024.
8. Mary Seeman, I Remember, Exiles Memorial Centre
9. "Most Wikipedia profiles are about men - these women in Australia are hoping to change that". SBS News. Retrieved 27 July 2019.
10. "In Memoriam: Dr. Mary V. Seeman", University of Toronto. Retrieved April 25, 2024.