Mary V. Seeman OC, FRCPC, (March 24, 1935 – April 23, 2024) was a Canadian psychiatrist who was a professor in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Toronto.[1] She served as the Tapscott Chair in Schizophrenia from 1997 to 2000.[2]
Seeman wrote on gender influences on outcome in schizophrenia,[3] women in schizophrenia,[4] and the impact of parenting with a mental illness.[5]
Seeman became a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada (FRCPC) in 1972, and was appointed Officer of the Order of Canada (OC) in 2006.[6] In 2012 she received the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal.[7]
As a child, Seeman fled Nazi-occupied Poland with her family via Portugal and settled in Canada.[8] She was married to scientist Philip Seeman.[9] They had three sons including author Neil Seeman. Mary V. Seeman died on April 23, 2024, at the age of 89.[10]