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The black woman mental health executive: Problems and perspectives

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While the field of mental health administration has made major advances during the last two decades, there are still areas that require attention. Among these are the problems faced by minority mental health administrators, particularly black women. This paper examines some of these problems and proposes some approaches to them.

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  1. Department of Psychiatry, Baylor College of Medicine, One Baylor Plaza, 77030, Houston, Texas

    Pedro Ruiz

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  1. Andrea K. Delgado
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  2. Ezra E. H. Griffith
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  3. Pedro Ruiz
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Dr. Delgado was Assistant Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons in New York City, New York. Dr. Delgado died on June 6, 1984. Dr. Griffith is Associate Professor of Psychiatry at Yale University School of Medicine in New Haven, Connecticut. Dr. Ruiz is Professor of Psychiatry at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas.

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Delgado, A.K., Griffith, E.E.H. & Ruiz, P. The black woman mental health executive: Problems and perspectives. Administration in Mental Health 12, 246–251 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00819378

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