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Professor
Department of Psychology
York University
United States of America
Professor Heinrichs developed an interest in schizophrenia and severe mental illness while a student at the Ontario College of Art, where he studied psychiatry and art with Dr. John MacGregor. Following an undergraduate education in psychology at York, he studied neuropsychology and aesthetics at the University of Toronto where he obtained his graduate degrees. In addition, he completed practica and internships in clinical psychology and clinical neuropsychology at Centenary Hospital Mental Health Service, the Neurology Clinic, Worker's Compensation Board Hospital and the Department of Psychological Services, St. Michael's Hospital. After four years of full-time hospital practice in clinical neuropsychology he received his appointment at York University in 1988. He continues an active research program in neuropsychological aspects of schizophrenia and teaches and supervises students in his field of expertise.
His research examines schizophrenia as a problem in neuropsychology and neuroscience from empirical, theoretical and historical perspectives