Being an African-American psychiatrist in the 1970s: book recs wanted

[scarlet_carsons]

I've got a character who's a black psychiatrist in America during the 1970s, so I'd appreciate it if people could rec any good books that discuss: 1) what it was like to be a black medical professional around that time, and 2) what American psychiatry was like through the 50s to the 80s

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[scarlet_carsons]

Ok, I'll go with New York state and that general area of the East Coast.

[scarlet_carsons]

Oooh. That's very helpful, thanks.

[fjm]

My books are all in storage at the moment but I seem to remember one called Even the Rats Were White

[scarlet_carsons]

Thanks - going by reviews, that looks really good.

[pentane]

You may want to read about the Stanford Prison Experiment, but I'd really suggest not doing this.

Race relations in the United States are extraordinarily complex, nevermind the regional differences, the time period you reference during/just after the Viet Name war and just after the forceful integration of the South saw a lot of changes.

[scarlet_carsons]

I remember Stanford Prison from my psychology AS level, along with the Milgram experiment. I'm still convinced that psychology is the creepiest science ever.