William Battie was an English physician who published, in 1758, A Treatise on Madness, a highly influential book on the use of institutionalisation and shock therapy as methods of treating mental illness. He was President of the Royal College of Physicians in 1764.
- Occupation
- psychiatrist, physician
- Position held
- President of the Royal College of Physicians
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of Great Britain
- Born
- September 1, 1703
- Died
- June 13, 1776
