A model of prevention : life lessons / David A. Hamburg.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hamburg, David A., 1925-2019, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hamburg, David A., 1925-2019.

Hamburg, David A.

Physicians--United States--Biography.

Physicians.

United States.

Psychiatrists--United States--Biography.

Psychiatrists.

Medical Subjects:

Physicians.

United States.

Genre:

Biographies.

Autobiographies.

Physical Description:

xi, 187 pages ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Boulder : Paradigm Publishers, [2015]

Contents:

1 Early Influences 1

The Twentieth Century: A Different World 1

Coping in the Depression 4

Overview: Expansion of Intellectual Curiosity and Prospects for Prevention 4

2 The Wider World and Wartime Experiences 7

Indiana University: Moving into the Wider World, Undergraduate and Medical School 7

From IU to Michael Reese to Yale 11

An Improbable Marriage: Creative and Productive 13

Learning from the Children and Grandchildren as They Grow Up 16

Back to Michael Reese Hospital, Chicago 21

Stress and Coping in the Korean War 23

A Perspective: Coping and Adaptation 27

Civilian Control of the Military and New Opportunities 29

3 Institution Building 33

Building the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) Intramural Research Program 33

Stanford University 35

University-Wide Cooperation; Psychiatry and the Sciences 35

Stanford and the Center for Advanced Study 37

Stanford Won't Say No 38

Attracting the Finest People-e.g., William Dement 40

Fostering the Development of Scientific and Professional Careers: Stanford and Elsewhere 42

Human Biology 49

Stanford as an International University 53

Herant Katchadourian: International Enrichment 54

Laboratory of Stress, Conflict, and Evolution of Human Aggression 55

The Hostage Episode 57

Humor in Crisis 60

1975: The Turning Point 63

Post-Hostage: The Next Crisis 64

What Comes Next? 67

Institute of Medicine (IOM): Building an Institution, Contributing to World Health and Peace; The National Academy of Sciences (NAS) 68

Building a Structure for Long-Term Value; Leadership Roles 73

Disseminating Reliable Information 73

The Polio Study and the Promise of Immunization Worldwide 73

IOM, NAS, and World Health 76

Health and Behavior 76

Teresa Heinz, John Heinz, John Kerry: Accomplishment, Tragedy, and Philanthropy 79

An Overview of Five Remarkable Years 81

Harvard and Health Policy: The Evolution of a University-Wide Program in Health Policy Research and Education 82

Crosscutting Themes 87

Where Working Groups Can Lead 89

One More Twist: Toward the Broadest Sense of Health Policy 90

4 The Carnegie Years 95

A War and Peace: Prevention of Mass Violence 95

Science and Public Policy: The Carnegie Opportunity 97

Avoiding Nuclear War: The Ultimate Health Crisis 100

The Crisis Prevention Approach 103

Arms Control and Crisis Prevention 105

Patience, Analysis, and Persistence 106

The Emergence of Gorbachev 107

Cooperative Threat Reduction: Nunn-Lugar Program (and Carnegie's Role) 109

The Carnegie Commission on Preventing Deadly Conflict (and Its Ramifications) 112

Lessons from the Rocky Road to Democracy in South Africa 114

South Africa: The Emergence of Democracy and Intervention for Africa 115

Transitions to Democracy in Africa 122

The Origin of the MacArthur Foundation: Personal Cooperative Efforts and Those with Carnegie 124

The Foundation Develops 128

Network with Nodes: A Useful Paradigm 131

Helping the MacArthur Foundation to Reduce the Nuclear Danger 131

Project on Ethnic Relations (PER): Achievement and Revival 133

B Education for Science, Prosocial Behavior, and Peace 134

An Overview of the Carnegie Education Program 134

Toward Healthy Constructive Child and Adolescent Development 136

Meeting the Essential Requirements for Healthy Adolescent Development 138

The Carnegie Council on Adolescent Development 139

Jacobs Foundation: Carnegie Collaboration in Europe's First Foundation on Adolescence 143

Education for Refugees 146

Lessons for the Future 147

5 From Local to Global Institutions 149

The United Nations 149

Weill Cornell Medical College 153

The Weill Cornell Psychiatry Program 153

Development of the Carter Center 155

President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST) 157

Rockefeller University 158

Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York 159

American Museum of Natural History (and the New York Academy of Medicine) 160

University of California System 161

European Union 161

American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) 162

Presidential Medal of Freedom (and National Academy of Sciences (Public Welfare Medal) 164

6 Conclusion 165

Overview: Where Can We Go from Here? 165

Putting the Prevention Agenda into Practice 166

Cooperative Help in Early Conflict Resolution: A Lifespan Approach 166

International Centers for the Prevention of Mass Violence 167

Early Prevention of Violence: Basic Concepts 168

Education, Health, and Peace: The Struggle for Democracy in Overcoming Prejudice and Wishful Thinking 169

The Scientific Community: Problem Solving, Public Understanding, and Pathways to Peace 170

Building Constituency for Preventing Human Suffering 171.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9781612059259 hardcover :

1612059252 hardcover :

9781612059266

1612059260

OCLC:

900869932