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M ervyn S usser and Community Psychiatry
Author(s) -
Susser Ezra
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
paediatric and perinatal epidemiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.667
H-Index - 88
eISSN - 1365-3016
pISSN - 0269-5022
DOI - 10.1111/ppe.12156
Subject(s) - medicine , mental health , social psychiatry , psychiatry , military psychiatry , child and adolescent psychiatry , work (physics) , gerontology , mechanical engineering , engineering
Mervyn Susser's contributions to community psychiatry from 1957–1968 comprised a creative and significant phase of his career, though less well known than his other work. This included work in Salford, a town next to Manchester, where he developed a programme to improve community health (including mental health care), as well as a programme of research on mental disorders. The publication of his book, Community Psychiatry: Epidemiologic and Social Themes (1968) attempted to set the stage for the practice of psychiatry in the community and to establish a future direction for development of the field.