Article ID: CBB000932567

“Where the Need is Greatest”: Social Psychiatry and Race-Blind Universalism in Harlem's Lafargue Clinic, 1946--1958 (2009)

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Between 1946 and 1958, Harlem was home to a small psychiatric facility, the Lafargue Clinic. An interracial institution run entirely by volunteers, the clinic helped expand mental health care into underserved African American communities. Relying upon extant case files, this article examines how the Lafargue staff handled clinical situations with African Americans. In its attempt to forge a new antiracist approach, the staff struck a balance between viewing Harlem patients as psychological products of their unique social context (social psychiatry) and applying modern psychiatric principles to African Americans without adjusting for racial or sociological difference (race-blind universalism).

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Authors & Contributors
Wynia, Matthew K.
Washington, Harriet A.
Savitt, Todd Lee
Olakanmi, Ololade
Jacobs, Elizabeth A.
Hoover, Eddie
Concepts
African Americans
African Americans and science
Medicine and race
Psychiatry
Mental disorders and diseases
Science and race
Time Periods
20th century
19th century
20th century, late
20th century, early
Places
United States
Southern states (U.S.)
Georgia (U.S.)
New York City (New York, U.S.)
Alabama (U.S.)
Americas
Institutions
Lafargue Mental Hygiene Clinic
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