
Race and Excellence
My Dialogue With Chester Pierce
Ezra E. H. Griffith(Author)
American Psychiatric Association Publishing
Published on 12. November 2022
Book
Hardback
218 pages
978-1-61537-483-0 (ISBN)
Description
Chester Pierce's list of accomplishments was second to
none: graduate of Harvard University and Harvard Medical School, president
of the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, president of the American
Orthopsychiatric Association, founding national chair of the Black
Psychiatrists of America, and namesake of the American Psychiatric
Association's Human Rights Award. Moreover, his musings about racism as an
environmental pollutant, of the daily microtrauma that racially oppressed
individuals endure, are foundational to modern mental health.
But who
was the man behind the numerous professional achievements and seminal
theories? And what can knowledge of his life, when evaluated in conjunction
with his profound impact on psychiatry, reveal about the Black
experience?
First published in 1998 and reprinted here with a new
introduction, this collection of interactive discussions between Ezra
Griffith and Chester Pierce takes readers on a journey through different
stages of Pierce's life, including the following:
* His upbringing in
the Long Island community of Glen Cove
* His undergraduate years at
Harvard, including his athletic pursuits, membership in the Alpha Phi Alpha
fraternity, and early married life with Patsy Blanchet
* His training at
the University of Cincinnati and experiences as a Navy psychiatrist
*
His time at the Oklahoma Veterans Administration Hospital
What
emerges is more than just a portrait of one particularly determined and
talented man's path to achievement in the face of individual and
institutional obstacles. We find distinct methods of managing the stress of
racial discrimination. There is also a new way to approach narratives about
Black lives. Anyone interested in gaining a greater understanding of how to
evaluate the salience of race matters in people's lives and develop
therapeutic approaches to coping with the stress will find this a
particularly revelatory resource.
none: graduate of Harvard University and Harvard Medical School, president
of the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, president of the American
Orthopsychiatric Association, founding national chair of the Black
Psychiatrists of America, and namesake of the American Psychiatric
Association's Human Rights Award. Moreover, his musings about racism as an
environmental pollutant, of the daily microtrauma that racially oppressed
individuals endure, are foundational to modern mental health.
But who
was the man behind the numerous professional achievements and seminal
theories? And what can knowledge of his life, when evaluated in conjunction
with his profound impact on psychiatry, reveal about the Black
experience?
First published in 1998 and reprinted here with a new
introduction, this collection of interactive discussions between Ezra
Griffith and Chester Pierce takes readers on a journey through different
stages of Pierce's life, including the following:
* His upbringing in
the Long Island community of Glen Cove
* His undergraduate years at
Harvard, including his athletic pursuits, membership in the Alpha Phi Alpha
fraternity, and early married life with Patsy Blanchet
* His training at
the University of Cincinnati and experiences as a Navy psychiatrist
*
His time at the Oklahoma Veterans Administration Hospital
What
emerges is more than just a portrait of one particularly determined and
talented man's path to achievement in the face of individual and
institutional obstacles. We find distinct methods of managing the stress of
racial discrimination. There is also a new way to approach narratives about
Black lives. Anyone interested in gaining a greater understanding of how to
evaluate the salience of race matters in people's lives and develop
therapeutic approaches to coping with the stress will find this a
particularly revelatory resource.
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Language
English
Place of publication
VA
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
US School Grade: College Graduate Student and over
Illustrations
24 Figures
Dimensions
Height: 158 mm
Width: 238 mm
Thickness: 19 mm
Weight
500 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-61537-483-0 (9781615374830)
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Ezra E. H. Griffith, M.D., is Professor Emeritus of
Psychiatry and of African-American Studies at Yale University in New Haven,
Connecticut.
Psychiatry and of African-American Studies at Yale University in New Haven,
Connecticut.
Content
Preface
Chapter 1. The Beginnings and Glen
Cove
Chapter 2. The Harvard Student Years
Chapter 3. The Cincinnati
and Navy Years
Chapter 4. The Oklahoma Years
Chapter 5. The Return
to Cambridge
Chapter 6. Recent Years and Other Events
Publications
by Chester Middlebrook Pierce
Chapter 1. The Beginnings and Glen
Cove
Chapter 2. The Harvard Student Years
Chapter 3. The Cincinnati
and Navy Years
Chapter 4. The Oklahoma Years
Chapter 5. The Return
to Cambridge
Chapter 6. Recent Years and Other Events
Publications
by Chester Middlebrook Pierce