Problems of Black Psychiatric Residents in White Training Institutes
BILLY E. JONES M.D.1,
ORLANDO B. LIGHTFOOT M.D.2,
DON PALMER M.D.3,
RAYMOND G. WILKERSON M.D.4, , and
DONALD H. WILLIAMS M.D.5
1 Captain in the U.S. Army, stationed in Viet Nam.
2 Fellow in community psychiatry, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass.
3 Psychiatrist in the health service at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Boston, Mass.
4 Assistant professor, department of psychiatry, University of Illinois College of Medicine, 912 S. Wood, Chicago, Ill. 60612
5 Associate director, Woodlawn Mental Health Center, and instructor, University of Chicago College of Medicine, Chicago, Ill.
The authors, who recently completed residencies in three predominantly white psychoanalytically oriented training programs, believe that such programs are failing to produce psychiatrists—black or white—who are prepared to address themselves to the mental health needs of the black community. They offer a number of recommendations for correcting this situation.
