Psychiatry and racial liberalism in Harlem, 1936-1968 / Dennis A. Doyle.

Rochester, NY : University of Rochester Press, 2016.

viii, 260 pages ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.