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

• 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

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.