Nick Heather
Nick Heather | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1938 |
| Died | 28 January 2025 |
| Nationality | British |
| Alma mater | University College London, University of Leeds, University of Dundee |
| Known for | addiction psychology |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Clinical psychology |
| Institutions | University of New South Wales, Northumbria University |
| Thesis | The structure of delinquent values: an empirical test of sociological theories of delinquent values using repertory grid methodology (1979) |
Brian "Nick" Heather (1938 – 28 January 2025) was a British clinical psychologist, alcohol researcher and academic who was Emeritus Professor of Alcohol & Other Drug Studies at Northumbria University. He was one of the pioneers of brief intervention techniques to reduce alcohol misuse, and challenged the disease theory of alcoholism and had over five hundred research publications and books.