Psychiatric epidemiology and the Chicago School of Sociology
Smith, Matthew (2024) Psychiatric epidemiology and the Chicago School of Sociology. History of Psychiatry, 35 (1). pp. 11-29. ISSN 0957-154X (https://doi.org/10.1177/0957154X231206510)
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Abstract
This article explores the Chicago School of Sociology’s influence on psychiatric epidemiology. While the Chicago School text usually associated with psychiatric epidemiology is the 1939 book by Faris and Dunham, it is important to acknowledge the influence of earlier Chicago School projects during the 1920s. These projects, tackling everything from homelessness and delinquency to the ghetto and suicide, provided models not only for Faris and Dunham, but also for numerous methodological and theoretical insights for the social psychiatry projects that would emerge after World War II. The social sciences and the humanities still have important roles to play in informing contemporary approaches to psychiatric epidemiology and deriving ways to tackle the socio-economic problems that contribute to mental illness.
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Item type: Article ID code: 85294 Dates: DateEventMarch 2024Published6 December 2023Published Online11 September 2023AcceptedSubjects: Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > Psychology
History General and Old World > History (General)Department: Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences (HaSS) > Humanities > History Depositing user: Pure Administrator Date deposited: 27 Apr 2023 10:56 Last modified: 28 Aug 2024 00:58 Related URLs: URI: https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/85294