Psychiatry Interpersonal and Biological Processes
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Foreword To cite this article: (1970) Foreword, Psychiatry, 33:2, 137-137, DOI: 10.1080/00332747.1970.11023620 To link to this article: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00332747.1970.11023620
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HE EDITOR of this issue and the prime mover of the entire T undertaking is Dr. T. M. Tomlinson. The idea for the issue sprang directly from his work on problems of poverty and race relations, in the course of which he became increasingly concerned about divergencies within the very search for remedies to these problems-divergencies, for instance, between studies in academia and social action in the community, between makers of policy and intended beneficiaries of policy, and between social scientists of different generations and of differing immediacy of contact with current forces and trends in the community. His voicing of these concerns to Dr. Stewart Perry, longtime member of the Editorial Board of PSYCHIATRY, led to a meeting of the three of us. We found that we shared several concerns and convictions. Our concerns focused on the obvious tragic consequences of racism in American society----,both for individual lives and for the coherence of the society. Our convictions included the ideas that: (1) lingering subtle forms of racism in the society are perhaps as pernicious as the more dramatic forms, (2) black unity in the form of attempts to improve black self-concepts is growing, (3) this black unity is forming the basis of an increased development of black politics, (4) social science can help to reveal the hidden racism and the origins of black unity and political action, (5) such contributions can further black-white understanding, and perhaps help to hasten the progress of the blacks and to diminish or retard racial conflict. We agreed that PSYCHIATRY would be an appropriate vehicle for a collection of papers which would attempt to address these issues in a manner both fresh and rigorous. Dr. Tomlinson agreed to undertake the assembling and editorial review of possible contributions. This he has . done with zest, persuasiveness, and great personal labor. Dr. Tomlinson received his doctorate in clinical and social psychology from the University of Wisconsin. After teaching psychological testing and psychotherapy and doing research in therapeutic relationships with schizophrenic patients, he reached a career turning-point occasioned by the Los Angeles riots of ] 965. Since then he has been deeply engrossed in studies of the poor and socially disadvantaged, first in the Los Angeles Riot Study and subsequently in the research office of the Office of Economic Opportunity. We deeply appreciate his role in the production of this unique issue of PSYCHIATRY. DONALD
L.
BURNHAM,
Editor
137
M.D.
ISSN: 0033-2747 (Print) 1943-281X (Online) Journal homepage: http://www.tandfonline.com/loi/upsy20
Foreword To cite this article: (1970) Foreword, Psychiatry, 33:2, 137-137, DOI: 10.1080/00332747.1970.11023620 To link to this article: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00332747.1970.11023620
Published online: 26 Oct 2016.
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Date: 21 August 2017, At: 11:36
Foreword
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HE EDITOR of this issue and the prime mover of the entire T undertaking is Dr. T. M. Tomlinson. The idea for the issue sprang directly from his work on problems of poverty and race relations, in the course of which he became increasingly concerned about divergencies within the very search for remedies to these problems-divergencies, for instance, between studies in academia and social action in the community, between makers of policy and intended beneficiaries of policy, and between social scientists of different generations and of differing immediacy of contact with current forces and trends in the community. His voicing of these concerns to Dr. Stewart Perry, longtime member of the Editorial Board of PSYCHIATRY, led to a meeting of the three of us. We found that we shared several concerns and convictions. Our concerns focused on the obvious tragic consequences of racism in American society----,both for individual lives and for the coherence of the society. Our convictions included the ideas that: (1) lingering subtle forms of racism in the society are perhaps as pernicious as the more dramatic forms, (2) black unity in the form of attempts to improve black self-concepts is growing, (3) this black unity is forming the basis of an increased development of black politics, (4) social science can help to reveal the hidden racism and the origins of black unity and political action, (5) such contributions can further black-white understanding, and perhaps help to hasten the progress of the blacks and to diminish or retard racial conflict. We agreed that PSYCHIATRY would be an appropriate vehicle for a collection of papers which would attempt to address these issues in a manner both fresh and rigorous. Dr. Tomlinson agreed to undertake the assembling and editorial review of possible contributions. This he has . done with zest, persuasiveness, and great personal labor. Dr. Tomlinson received his doctorate in clinical and social psychology from the University of Wisconsin. After teaching psychological testing and psychotherapy and doing research in therapeutic relationships with schizophrenic patients, he reached a career turning-point occasioned by the Los Angeles riots of ] 965. Since then he has been deeply engrossed in studies of the poor and socially disadvantaged, first in the Los Angeles Riot Study and subsequently in the research office of the Office of Economic Opportunity. We deeply appreciate his role in the production of this unique issue of PSYCHIATRY. DONALD
L.
BURNHAM,
Editor
137
M.D.
