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Alvin Poussaint, noted psychiatrist and author, dies at 90

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Alvin F. Poussaint, a psychiatrist and author who helped expand perceptions of the Black experience in America with research into the effects of racism on mental health and as script adviser for the popular sitcom “The Cosby Show,” died Feb.…

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The Philadelphia Tribune

Alvin Poussaint, noted psychiatrist and author, dies at 90

4 days ago·Philadelphia, United States

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The Bay State Banner

Dr. Poussaint treated the country’s racism and mental health of Black Americans – The Bay State Banner

In his career spanning a half century, Dr. Alvin F. Poussaint treated many patients, from adults and children in private practice to public housing tenants in the country’s first community health center. But to improve the mental health of African Americans, the prominent psychiatrist believed his country needed ongoing treatment too — for the mental illness afflicting all who live in the United States, racism.

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psychiatrictimes.com

In Memoriam: Alvin F. Poussaint, MD, A Model of Black Mental Health

Remembering Alvin F. Poussaint, MD…

tri-statedefender.com

Alvin F. Poussaint, civil rights advocate and leading voice on Black mental health, dies at 90

Alvin F. Poussaint, a psychiatrist who provided medical care to civil rights activists in 1960s Mississippi and later became a national authority on the effects of racism on Black mental health, died Monday at his home in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts.…

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