DatesAndPlaces | Medical Research Council, 1963-1964 University of London Institute of Education working on educational and medical survey of schoolchildren, Isle of Wight, 1965-1968; Institute of Education, 1968-1969 Institute of Psychiatry, University of London, 1968-1969 Bethlem Royal and Maudsley Hospital, 1973 Institute of Psychiatry, 1973-1980 Bethlem Royal and Maudsley Hospital, 1979 Co-Director, School for Life project, Kiev, Ukraine, 1993-2002 South London and Maudsley NHS Trust; 1999-2003 University of Colombo, Sri Lanka, 2008-. |
Activity | Date of Birth: 20/06/1940 Place of Birth: Scotland
University and Professional Training: BSc, Psychology, University of Aberdeen, 1962 Diploma in Clinical Psychology, Institute of Psychiatry, 1963 PhD for studies of specific reading retardation, part of the Isle of Wight epidemiological studies, 1965-1968
Professional career: Scientific Officer Medical Research Council, 1963-1964 Research Officer, Department of Child Development, University of London Institute of Education working on educational and medical survey of schoolchildren, Isle of Wight, 1965-1968; Lecturer in Child Development, Institute of Education, 1968-1969 Lecturer in Psychology, Institute of Psychiatry, University of London, 1968-1969 Honorary Principal Psychologist, Bethlem Royal and Maudsley Hospital, 1973 Senior Lecturer in Psychology, Institute of Psychiatry, 1973-1980 Senior Lecturer in Child Psychiatry, Institute of Psychiatry, 1974-1980 Honorary Top Grade Psychologist, Bethlem Royal and Maudsley Hospital, 1979 Reader in Applied Child Psychology, 1980-1987 Professor of Applied Child Psychology, 1987-2005 Co-Director, School for Life project, Kiev, Ukraine, 1993-2002 Lead Clinician, National and Specialist Division, Children's Directorate of South London and Maudsley NHS Trust; 1999-2003 Honorary Psychologist Advisor to the British Army, 2000 Lecturer in Clinical Psychology, University of Colombo, Sri Lanka, 2008-.
Other Honours and Awards: Lifetime Achievement Award by the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies,2005 Honorary Fellow of the British Psychological Society, 2006 Awarded the Aristotle prize by the EFPA, 2007 Honorary Fellow, British Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies, 1984 BPS MB Shapiro Award, 1993
Professional career: Trained as a clinical psychologist at the Institute of Psychiatry, 1962/63 Joined the Social Psychiatry Research Unit (nd) Institute of Education for 5 years, returning to the psychology staff in 1969. Clinical work in the Children’s Department of the Maudsley Hospital (nd) Founding Director of Child Traumatic Stress Clinic, IoP (nd)
Involvement with BPS and/or other societies and organisations (selected): Advisor to UNICEF during the civil war in former Yugoslavia. Co-Founder and Chair Foundation for Children and War, a charity based in Norway (nd) Sri Lanka Trauma Group (nd) The European Federation of Psychology Associations (nd) Member of the Defence Scientific Advisory Committee (DSAC) (nd) Founder Member, and former Chair, British Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies (former BABP), 1972 Elected to the Green Cross Foundation Academy of Traumatology, 1998 Member of the NICE Guideline Development Group on PTSD (nd).
Sources: Bill Yule's CV.
Compiled by Mike Maskill, BPS Archivist for the History of Psychology Centre. |
PublishedWorks | Selected publications:
Festschrift for William Yule, Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy, 2005, 33, 385–387 Coping with crises in schools William Yule and Anne Gold 1993, reprinted 2006, Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation The Relationship between Blood Lead Concentrations, Intelligence and Attainment in a School Population: a Pilot Study William Yule, Richard Lansdown, Ian B. Millar, Marie-Anne Urbanowicz Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology Volume 23, Issue 6, pages 567–576, December 1981 The Concept of Specific Reading Retardation Michael Rutter, William Yule Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry Volume 16, Issue 3, pages 181–197, July 1975 Isle of Wight Studies, 1964–1974 Psychological Medicine (1976), 6: 313-332 Cambridge University Press |