Alexander H. Leighton
Alexander "Alec" H. Leighton | |
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Born | Canada (from 1975) | July 17, 1908
Spouse | Jane Murphy |
Awards | Rema Lapouse Award Joseph Zubin Award (1994) |
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Discipline | Sociologist, psychologist |
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Alexander H. Leighton (July 17, 1908 – August 11, 2007) was a
Early life
Alexander Hamilton Leighton was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on July 17, 1908 to Archibald Ogilvie Leighton and Gertrude Anne Leighton (née Hamilton).[2] His sister was Gertrude Catherine Kerr Leighton (1914-1996), a specialist in international law and psychiatry.
As a young man, he became interested in
Career
He received a B.A. degree from
Stirling County Study
In 1948, he initiated and carried out,
Recognition
In 2003 a day-long conference, the Leighton Symposium, was held by the Canadian Anthropology Society in honour of Leighton and Jane Murphy's scientific contributions to the field of psychiatric epidemiology.[7] Leighton was elected to the American Philosophical Society in 1950.[8] In 1975 he was honoured with the National Health Scientist Award from Health and Welfare Canada. He was also a recipient of a Rema Lapouse Award from the American Public Health Association's Mental Health, Epidemiology, and Statistics Sections, a McAlpin Mental Health Research Achievement Award from the National Mental Health Association (now Mental Health America), and a Joseph Zubin Award from the American Psychopathological Association (1994). Since 1999, the Canadian Psychiatric Association and Canadian Academy of Psychiatric Epidemiology have bestowed the "Alex Leighton Joint CPA-CAPE Award in Psychiatric Epidemiology" upon an individual or group of individuals "who have contributed significantly to advancing and diffusing Canadian psychiatric epidemiology through innovative studies, methods, teaching or transfer of knowledge. It can relate to lifelong activities or to a recent significant achievement by more junior scientists."[9]
Bibliography
- The Governing of Men (1945: ISBN 0-691-02451-0) (online review), a social science book based on his work in a Japanese relocation center at Poston, Arizona
- "After 15 months at Arizona's vast Poston Relocation Center as a social analyst, Commander Leighton concluded that many an American simply fails to remember that U.S. Japanese are human beings.}[10]
- Human Relations in a Changing World: Observations on the Uses of the Social Sciences (1949)
- My Name is Legion. Foundations for a Theory of Man in Relation to Culture (1959) (online review), on effects of sociocultural factors on personality and psychiatric disorders
- Further Explorations in Social Psychiatry (editor, with Berton H. Kaplan) (1976 ISBN 0-465-02589-7), about etiological components of psychiatric disorders
- Caring for Mentally Ill People: Psychological and Social Barriers in Historical Context (1982, ISBN 0-521-23415-8)
- Approaches to Cross-Cultural Psychiatry (with Jane M. Murphy) (1965)
- Come Near (1971, ISBN 0-393-08617-8), a novel
References
- ^ a b "Obituary: Alexander H. Leighton of School of Public Health dies at 99", Harvard Gazette, September 13, 2007
- ^ "Alexander Hamilton Leighton, "Pennsylvania, Philadelphia City Birth Returns, 1904-1915"". FamilySearch. 24 Jul 1908. Retrieved December 29, 2019.
- ^ "Alexander H. Leighton fonds". January 5, 2016. Retrieved December 29, 2019.
- ISBN 041592040X. Retrieved January 16, 2016.
- ^ Jane Murphy Leighton, Ph.D.
- ^ Eileen McInnis, Stirling County Study, CBC Atlantic Voice, May 22, 2015
- ^ Marc-Adélard Tremblay, "Alexander H. Leighton's and Jane Murphy's Scientific Contributions in Psychiatric Epidemiology: A Personal Appreciation", Transcultural Psychiatry, Vol. 43, No. 1, 7-20 (2006)
- ^ "APS Member History". search.amphilsoc.org. Retrieved 2023-02-24.
- ^ Annual Collaborative Awards - Canadian Psychiatric Association
- ^ "Japs Are Human". Time, June 25, 1945
External links
- Alexander H. Leighton, M.D
- Leighton's Legacy
- A film by Dr Leighton about porpoise oil produced by the Mi'kmaq of Nova Scotia until the late 1930s.