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A tribute to Lee Nelken Robins: from colleagues and friends

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Authors and Affiliations

  1. Epidemiology and Prevention Research Group, Washington University School of Medicine, 40 North Kingshighway Suite 4, St. Louis, MO, 63108, USA

    Linda B. Cottler

  2. Division of Research, American Psychiatric Institute for Research and Education, American Psychiatric Association, Arlington, VA, USA

    Darrel A. Regier

  3. Health Behavior Research Center, University of Vermont College of Medicine, Burlington, VT, USA

    John E. Helzer

  4. Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA

    Felton James Earls

  5. Department of Public Health, University of Otago, Christchurch, New Zealand

    J. Elisabeth Wells

  6. Association for the Improvement of Mental Health Programs, Geneva, Switzerland

    Norman Sartorius

  7. Institute of Pyschiatry, King’s College, London, UK

    Michael Rutter

  8. Department of Mental Health Sciences, UCL, London, UK

    Paul Bebbington

  9. Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA

    Charles F. Zorumski

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A note from the editor in chief: Lee Robins was for several years on the board of Social Psychiatry, as this journal then was, and her work has continuing and central relevance to our subject. This is clear from what is written below, which serves as a journey round scientific developments of crucial importance in the last five decades. On a personal note, it is strange to read about this greatly distinguished woman and her legacy, and then to remember the down-to-earth person I used to kidnap and take to the pub whenever she was over at the Institute of Psychiatry. She had a most un-academic laugh. She and Eli were kindness itself when I was asked to give the 1987 Eli Robins lecture in St. Louis. We are pleased and honored to publish this selection of tributes to the late Lee Robins.

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Cottler, L.B., Regier, D.A., Helzer, J.E. et al. A tribute to Lee Nelken Robins: from colleagues and friends. Soc Psychiat Epidemiol 45, 681–693 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00127-010-0243-x

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