Recent historiography has revealed a growing interest in the developments of psychiatric epidemiology. This volume aims to explicitly tackle the problem of transforming a diversity of knowledge into a structured scientific unit. Furthermore, it aims to answer this by bringing together historical studies that demonstrate how epistemic authority has led to the hierarchization of knowledge and the institutionalization of psychiatric epidemiology. Interdisciplinary research teams are traced back in history, and their organization is interrogated. Tracing the history of psychiatric epidemiology involves an exploration of disciplinary divisions of labour, such as how survey methods are based on theoretical frameworks, how research programmes are regulated with political and moral ideals, and how the wider public recognizes public health expertise.

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特刊简介：精神病学流行病学的起源、组织和转变。

最近的史学显示人们对精神病流行病学的发展越来越感兴趣。本书旨在明确解决将多样性知识转化为结构化科学单元的问题。此外，它旨在通过汇集历史研究来回答这个问题，这些研究表明认知权威如何导致知识的层次化和精神病流行病学的制度化。跨学科研究团队的历史可以追溯，他们的组织也受到质疑。追溯精神流行病学的历史涉及对学科分工的探索，例如调查方法如何基于理论框架，研究项目如何受政治和道德理想的监管，以及更广泛的公众如何认可公共卫生专业知识。