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Record Nr.

UNINA9910151588103321

Autore

Doyle Dennis A.

Titolo

Psychiatry and racial liberalism in Harlem, 1936-1968 / / Dennis A. Doyle [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Rochester, NY : , : University of Rochester Press, , 2016

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (viii, 260 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Collana

Rochester studies in medical history

Disciplina

362.2/1/097471

Soggetti

Psychiatric hospitals - New York (State) - New York - 20th century - History

Mental illness - Treatment - New York (State) - New York - 20th century - History

African Americans - Mental health - New York (State) - New York

New York City

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 31 Jul 2019).

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Before racial liberalism : depression-era Harlem and psychiatry, 1935 -- Everyone's children : psychiatry and racial liberalism in Justine Wise Polier's courtroom, 1935-41 -- Psychiatry goes to school : child guidance and the prevention of juvenile delinquency, 1940-42 -- Psychiatry for Harlem : wartime activism and the black community's mental health needs, 1942-45 -- The quiet one : racial representation in popular media and psychiatric literature, 1942-53 -- Psychiatry comes to Harlem Hospital : community psychiatry, aftercare, and Columbia University, 1947-62 -- The limits of racial liberalism : Harlem Hospital and the black community, 1963-68.

Sommario/riassunto

Reveals the history of the individuals who worked to make psychiatry more available to Harlem's black community in the early Civil Rights Era.