Dr. Goodwin is Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas. Address correspondence to Dr. Goodwin, 4925 Fort Crockett Blvd., #510, Galveston, TX 77551; jmgoodwin{at}aol.com (E-mail). To live ones life is not as easy as to walk across a field. Russian proverb What was it like for a woman to pursue a career in academic psychiatry in the last three decades of the twentieth century, when the field itself and the percentages of women involved were expanding geometrically? Imagine, for one moment, how you would approach the question. Would you look for precursors, late effects, or the impact of intervention? Would you survey the women themselves? Their bosses, partners, children, or patients? The committee members who made decisions about their tenure and funding? What comparison groups would you choose? This imaginary research project reveals a great deal about the mind of the imaginary investigator. For myself, the design that leaps to mind, instantly and unambiguously is the single case study. An entire subsection of my bibliography consists of revisits to such classics (1, 2): Psyche, Oedipus, Electra, Io, Dymphna, Cinderella, Thousandfurs, Snow White, Marquis de Sade, Mary Reynolds, Anna O, Hedda Gabler, Dora,
Autumn: Thoughts On Commencing A Fourth Decade In Academic Psychiatry
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Dr. Goodwin is Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas. Address correspondence to Dr. Goodwin, 4925 Fort Crockett Blvd., #510, Galveston, TX 77551; jmgoodwin{at}aol.com (E-mail). To live ones life is not as easy as to walk across a field. Russian proverb What was it like for a woman to pursue a career in academic psychiatry in the last three decades of the twentieth century, when the field itself and the percentages of women involved were expanding geometrically? Imagine, for one moment, how you would approach the question. Would you look for precursors, late effects, or the impact of intervention? Would you survey the women themselves? Their bosses, partners, children, or patients? The committee members who made decisions about their tenure and funding? What comparison groups would you choose? This imaginary research project reveals a great deal about the mind of the imaginary investigator. For myself, the design that leaps to mind, instantly and unambiguously is the single case study. An entire subsection of my bibliography consists of revisits to such classics (1, 2): Psyche, Oedipus, Electra, Io, Dymphna, Cinderella, Thousandfurs, Snow White, Marquis de Sade, Mary Reynolds, Anna O, Hedda Gabler, Dora,
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Autumn: Thoughts On Commencing A Fourth Decade In Academic Psychiatry
Goodwin, Jean P.
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, Volume 28 (4): 325
American Psychiatric Publishing, Inc (Journal) – Dec 1, 2004
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