Lee N. Robin's - 12/12/2016 Retrospective Entry

AJPH article on drug use, 1967

Let's ignore the idea that it ever is important to be "the first" to do anything in psychiatric epidemiology (or any other science). By itself, that claim is empty. Some things don't matter, and it isn't important to be first to do something that doesn't matter.

I will leave it to the reader to judge whether this research is important because it was "the first" of its type. It is important work even if it is not the first study of its type.

In a later post, I'll suggest some prior work on this topic, but in the meantime, read the article, learn from it, and see the beginnings of Professor Robins' brilliant career in psychiatric epidemiology.

We miss her.