Norman Kreitman (5 July 1927 – 15 December 2012)[1][2] was a psychiatric researcher and academic, based in Edinburgh, primarily known for coining the term parasuicide.
He was also a published poet of some distinction, and wrote perceptively on the philosophy of art - in particular, on the psychology of metaphor.
[4] He received his medical training at Westminster Hospital, graduating in 1949, and worked at a tuberculosis hospital on the Isle of Wight before going into psychiatry.
After training at the Maudsley hospital, he moved to Edinburgh in 1966.
[citation needed] In Edinburgh, he was Director of the Medical Research Council Unit for Epidemiological Studies in Psychiatry.