title: Mervyn Susser and community psychiatry.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Epidemiology, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, NY, U.S.A.; New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, NY, U.S.A.
authors.forename: Ezra
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Susser
mesh_terms: D002321:Career Choice; D003158:Community Psychiatry / Q000266:history / Q000639:trends; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008513:Medicine in Literature; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000266:history* / Q000628:therapy; D012106:Research; D012931:Social Environment; D057545:Social Stigma
keywords: Mervyn Susser; community psychiatry; psychiatric epidemiology