William Ivor Neil Kessel (10 February 1925 – 30 December 2003) was a British psychiatrist with expertise in attempted suicide and alcoholism.
He trained at the Maudsley Hospital under Sir Aubrey Lewis, before working with Michael Shepherd at the General Practice Unit.
He moved to Edinburgh as part of G. M. Carstairs' unit on Psychiatric Epidemiology, and then on to the University of Manchester as a professor of Psychiatry where he was advisor on alcoholism to the Department of Health and Social Security (DHSS).
[1] He was awarded Distinction in his Diploma in Psychological Medicine (DPM) (the standard psychiatric qualification at that time) by Sir Aubrey Lewis at the Maudsley Hospital in South London.
[4] In Manchester Neil Kessel developed the District General Hospital model of psychiatry, overseeing new buildings at Withington Hospital and Manchester Royal Infirmary, and leading on the teaching of medical students and post-graduate doctors.