Oral history interview with Teodora Abramovich 1991
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- Name
- Abramovich, Teodora (Interviewee)
- Lee, Jonathan (Interviewer)
- Title
- Oral history interview with Teodora Abramovich 1991
- Abstract
- Early career as psychiatrist in Argentina; work at Rusk Institute, 1955; therapist, Northside Center for Child Development [Northside]; close relations of Northside staff and clients; patient base in Harlem: living conditions, importance of family and school to treatment; treatment of children with schizophrenia and elective mutism; volunteer, Women's House of Detention; changes in Northside operat ions and atmosphere with retirement of Mamie Clark; recollections of Mamie Clark, subsequent directors.
- Collection Name
- Northside Center for Child Development project
- Subjects
- Psychologists; Schizophrenia in children; Selective mutism; Child development; Child psychiatry; Psychotherapy patients--Family relationships; Women--Mental health counseling; Medical personnel and patient--Relations; Psychiatric clinics--Work environment.--New York (State); Harlem (New York, N.Y.) Social conditions; Abramovich, Teodora; Clark, Mamie; Northside Center for Child Development; Rusk Institute of Rehabilitation Medicine
- Format
- oral histories; sound recordings
- Genre
- Interviews
- Date
- 1991
- Note (Biographical)
- Psychologist.
- Note
- Interviewed by Jonathan Lee on January 18, 1991.
- Note (Provenance)
- Teodora Abramovich, Gift 1991
- Language
- English
- Library Location
- Columbia Center for Oral History, Columbia University
- Catalog Record
- 13605546
- Persistent URL
- https://dx.doi.org/10.7916/d8-1z92-bz14
- Related URLs
- Available digital content for this interview.