Oral history interview with Ekbal Basith 1991
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- Name
- Basith, Ekbal (Interviewee)
- Lee, Jonathan (Interviewer)
- Title
- Oral history interview with Ekbal Basith 1991
- Abstract
- 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.
- Collection Name
- Northside Center for Child Development project
- Subjects
- Psychiatrists; Child development; Child psychiatry; Family psychotherapy; Youth--Mental health services; Community development, Urban; Segregation--United States; Psychiatric clinics--Work environment.--New York (State); Basith, Ekbal; Clark, Mamie; Northside Center for Child Development; New York Medical College; League School; New York City AIDS Task Force
- Format
- oral histories; sound recordings
- Genre
- Interviews
- Date
- 1991
- Note (Biographical)
- Psychiatrist.
- Note
- Interviewed by Jonathan Lee.
- Note (Provenance)
- Ekbal Basith, Gift 1991
- Language
- English
- Library Location
- Columbia Center for Oral History, Columbia University
- Catalog Record
- 13605555
- Persistent URL
- https://dx.doi.org/10.7916/d8-fmch-sa45
- Related URLs
- Available digital content for this interview.