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Additional authors

1. Engri, Gladys.

Description

1. .2 lin. ft. (1/2 archival box)

Summary

1. The Elizabeth Bishop Davis Papers include papers given by Davis at professional psychiatric conferences from 1964 to 1982 as well as published articles, 1964-1979. While the topics are varied, many deal with mental illness among blacks, psychiatric health care in an inner-city setting, and the role of psychoanalysis in the treatment of the mentally ill. Other themes deal with the consequences of poverty and racial discrimination on mental health, particularly in Harlem, community psychiatry and black psychiatrists. There are also papers presented by other Harlem Hospital psychiatrists and women staff, including Gladys Engri.

Subject

1. Davis, Elizabeth Bishop, 1920-
2. Harlem Hospital Center (New York, N.Y.). Department of Psychiatry
3. African Americans in medicine -- New York (State) -- New York
4. Psychiatry -- African Americans
5. African Americans -- Mental health
6. Mentally ill -- New York (State) -- New York
7. Psychotherapy -- Social aspects -- New York (State) -- New York
8. Mental health counseling -- New York (State) -- New York
9. Mental health facilities -- New York (State) -- New York
10. Harlem (New York, N.Y.) -- Social conditions

Call number

1. Sc MG 121

Source (note)

1. Davis, Elizabeth Bishop

Biography (note)

1. African American psychiatrist Elizabeth Bishop Davis began her career in the late 1940s with the Lafargue Clinic, the first mental health facility that primarily served African Americans in Harlem. Her father, the Rev. Shelton Hale Bishop, rector of St. Philips' Church, helped to establish the clinic which was housed in the church. In 1962, she accepted the position of director of Harlem Hospital's newly established Department of Psychiatry, serving in that position until 1978. During this period she became an authority on providing psychiatric care in inner-city settings. Davis began teaching in 1957 at the College of Physicians & Surgeons, where she received her medical degree (1949). In 1971 she was promoted to clinical professor of psychiatry, and retired in 1978.

Indexes/finding aids (note)

1. Preliminary finding aid available.

Author

1. Davis, Elizabeth Bishop, 1920-

Title

1. Elizabeth Bishop Davis papers, 1964-1979.

Biography

1. African American psychiatrist Elizabeth Bishop Davis began her career in the late 1940s with the Lafargue Clinic, the first mental health facility that primarily served African Americans in Harlem. Her father, the Rev. Shelton Hale Bishop, rector of St. Philips' Church, helped to establish the clinic which was housed in the church. In 1962, she accepted the position of director of Harlem Hospital's newly established Department of Psychiatry, serving in that position until 1978. During this period she became an authority on providing psychiatric care in inner-city settings. Davis began teaching in 1957 at the College of Physicians & Surgeons, where she received her medical degree (1949). In 1971 she was promoted to clinical professor of psychiatry, and retired in 1978.

Indexes

1. Preliminary finding aid available.

Location of other archival materials

1. Elizabeth Davis (1920- ) papers; Also located at Columbia University Health Science Library.

Source

1. Davis, Elizabeth Bishop Gift 1983 SCM 83-10, 83-15

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1. Finding Aid

Occupation

1. African American psychiatrists.
2. Women physicians.

Added author

1. Engri, Gladys.

Research call number

1. Sc MG 121