James Alexander Campbell Brown (1911–1965) was a psychiatrist who was born in Edinburgh, Scotland.
As well as practicing in the army, he also gained experience in mental hospitals, prisons and selection boards.
Even though he learned in a school of thought which considered mental illness mainly as an individual and biological problem, he later regarded it basically as a social one.
He took the view that the mental conflicts of the neurotic are in large part induced by the sick society in which he or she lives.
Thus, he felt that the efficiency of industry cannot be weighed solely in terms of the amount goods it produces or its financial profits, but also considering at what cost of human health and happiness the goods were produced.