Marc-Adélard Tremblay, “Alexander H. Leighton’s and Jane Murphy’s Scientific Contributions in Psychiatric Epidemiology: A Personal Appreciation”. Un article publié dans la revue Transcultural Psychiatry, vo. 43 no1, March 2006

“Alexander H. Leighton’s and Jane Murphy’s Scientific Contributions
in Psychiatric Epidemiology: A Personal Appreciation” (2006)
Contents

Une édition électronique réalisée à partir de l'article de M. Marc-Adélard Tremblay, “Alexander H. Leighton’s and Jane Murphy’s Scientific Contributions in Psychiatric Epidemiology: A Personal Appreciation”. Un article publié dans la revue Transcultural Psychiatry, vo. 43 no1, March 2006, pp. 7-20. Montréal: McGill University. [M Marc-Adélard Tremblay, anthropologue, retraité de l’enseignement de l’Université Laval, nous a accordé le 4 janvier 2004 son autorisation de diffuser électroniquement toutes ses oeuvres.]

Contents

Abstract

Introduction

Education and Early Work

Classic Studies

Leighton’s Commitment to Interdisciplinarity

Leighton’s Partnership with Jane Murphy

Conclusion

References

Figure 1: Alexander Leighton, 1943: During the period of writing The Governing of Men, about the Japanese Relocation Center located in Poston, Arizona.

Figure 2: Alexander Leighton enjoying a staff outing during the 1990s’ field phase of the Stirling County Study.

Figure 3: Jane Murphy and Alexander Leighton at the front door of their home in Boston, 1983.