Oral history interview with Ekbal Basith [electronic resource], 1991

Biographical Note

Psychiatrist.

Scope and Contents

Family, India; internship, Pakistan; immigration to United States, 1957; residency, St. Louis; M.D., child psychiatry, New York Medical College; research with Stella Chess, 1963-1965; involvement with League School, Brooklyn; reaction to segregation; psychiatrist, Northside Center [Northside]: recollections of Mamie Clark and staff, working atmosphere, classical family therapy, day school concept, adolescent and pre-teen girls' group, Northside representative at workshops and conferences, steering committee, changing problems in community; member, New York City AIDS Task Force.

Subjects

• Basith, Ekbal--Interviews.
• Child development.
• Child psychiatry.
• Clark, Mamie.
• Community development, Urban.
• Family psychotherapy.
• Interviews.
• League School--New York (State)--Brooklyn (New York)
• Lee, Jonathan, interviewer.
• New York City AIDS Task Force.
• New York Medical College.
• Northside Center for Child Development.
• Oral histories.
• Psychiatric clinics--New York (State)--Harlem (New York)--Work environment.
• Psychiatrists--Interviews.
• Segregation--United States.
• Youth--Mental health services.

Access Conditions

Copyright by the Northside Center for Child Development, Inc., 1991.