Alexander H. Leighton's and Jane Murphy's Scientific Contributions in Psychiatric Epidemiology: A Personal Appreciation

This article introduces the special issue of Transcultural Psychiatry in honour of Alexander Leighton. A sketch of his research career is followed by a discussion of the work of his wife, Dr. Jane Murphy, first on St. Lawrence Island, near the Bering Strait, and later as a key figure in the Stirling...

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Published in:Transcultural Psychiatry
Main Author: Tremblay, Marc-Adélard
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publications 2006
Subjects:
Psychiatry and Mental health
Health (social science)
Bering Strait
Lawrence Island
Stirling
St Lawrence Island
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1363461506061754
http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/1363461506061754
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Summary:This article introduces the special issue of Transcultural Psychiatry in honour of Alexander Leighton. A sketch of his research career is followed by a discussion of the work of his wife, Dr. Jane Murphy, first on St. Lawrence Island, near the Bering Strait, and later as a key figure in the Stirling County project. A brief conclusion highlights the main aspects of their joint legacy to cultural psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology.

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