Mary V. Seeman
Mary V. Seeman was a Canadian psychiatrist who was a professor in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Toronto. She served as the Tapscott Chair in Schizophrenia from 1997 to 2000.
Seeman wrote on gender influences on outcome in schizophrenia, women in schizophrenia, and the impact of parenting with a mental illness.
She also worked as a psychiatrist at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health and at the Mount Sinai Hospital, both in Toronto.
Recognition
Seeman became a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada in 1972, and was appointed Officer of the Order of Canada in 2006. In 2012 she received the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal.Personal life
She was born in Łódź, Poland as Mary Violette Szwarc. As a child, she fled Nazi-occupied Poland with her family via Portugal and settled in Canada.She was married to scientist Philip Seeman. Together, they were parents to Marc, Bob, and Neil Seeman, and grandparents to Ahron, Geoff, Ciara, David, Ronan, and Dori.
Mary V. Seeman died on April 23, 2024, at the age of 89.