Coia, Denise A.

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Name (Latin)
Coia, Denise A.
Other forms of name
Coia, Denise Assunta, 1952-2020
Macdonald, Denise Assunta Coia, 1952-2020
Date of birth
1952-06-04
Date of death
2020-04-09
Field of activity
Mental health
Occupation
Psychiatrists
Gender
female
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

VIAF: 2591141
Wikidata: Q59525208
Library of congress: n 94085400
HAI10: 000073014
Sources of Information
  • The Scotsman, via WWW, May 11, 2022(April 25, 2020 edition; Obituary: Dame Denise Coia, Scottish clinical psychiatrist; Dame Denise Assunta Coia (Macdonald) DBE, FRCPsych, FRCPSG, FRSE, psychiatrist; born 4 June 1952, in Glasgow; died: 9 April 2020, aged 67; she was a clinical psychiatrist and leader in the field of mental health; she married Archie Macdonald in 1977)
  • Wikipedia, May 11, 2022(Denise Coia; Dame Denise Assunta Coia, DBE, FRSE (4 June 1952--9 April 2020) was a Scottish psychiatrist and mental health advocate; having originally trained in obstetrics, she retrained in psychiatry and spent the rest of her career working with and advocating for people in some of the most deprived communities in Scotland; she served as Vice-President of the Royal College of Psychiatrists from 2005 to 2010, Principal Medical Officer (Mental Health) to the Scottish Government from 2006 to 2011, Chair of Healthcare Improvement Scotland from 2010 to 2018, and Convener of Children in Scotland from 2017 to 2019; in the 2016 Queen's Birthday Honours, Coia was appointed Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE) for services to mental health and the NHS; in 2018, she was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh (FRSE))
  • Atkinson, J.M. Families coping with schizophrenia, 1995:CIP t.p. (Denise A. Coia, University of Glasgow, UK)