Dr James (Jim) Dyer was born in Arbroath on 31 December 1946 and died in Edinburgh on 24 January 2019 aged 72 years. He shaped the practice of most of Scotland’s mental health law in force today. One of the most influential psychiatrists of his generation, he led the Mental Welfare Commission for Scotland for many years, keeping the focus of the Commission always on the care of those with mental disorder who had been detained. A quiet, gentle and firm man who never lost sight of what was important in the care of patients, he brought a sense of gravitas as well as professional insight to the work he carried out and raised awareness of mental health issues in Scotland.
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