the first place because they believed them being there would cause inherent problems. Many white women were not greeted or welcomed by most blacks there because they did not want their help because of the feeling that whites were trying to take over their movement. Some white female workers coped with this, but a majority went back home because they couldn't handle the stress. Editorial boards The Black Scholar (1970) Psychotherapy: Theory and Research and Practice (1972) Journal of Afro-American Issues (1972–1980) Harvard Medical School Mental Health Newsletter (1983–1988) Journal of African American Male Studies (1991) Nurture: The Magazine for Raising Positive Children of Color (1994) Awards and honors Doctor of Humane Letters, Virginia State University, Petersburg, MA (2007) Doctor of Humane Letters, Alfred University, Alfred, New York (2005) New England Emmy award for Outstanding Children's Special as co-executive producer of Willoughby's Wonders (1997) Medgar Evers Medal of Honor, Johnson Publishing Company (1988) John Jay Award for distinguished professional achievement (1987) American Black Achievement Award in Business and the Professions (1986) Honorary degree from Wilberforce University (1972) Who's Who in America (1969) Michael Schwerner Award for contribution to Cause of Civil Rights, New York, NY (1968) Publications Books Why Blacks kill Blacks (1972), (introduction by Rev. Jesse Jackson) Emerson Hall Publishers, Inc.; 1st edition Introduction and Afterword to "Fatherhood", by Bill Cosby, Dolphin: New York, 1986 Raising Black Children (originally titled Black Child Care, 1975), co-author with James P. Come, Plume: New York, 1992 Lay My Burden Down: Suicide and the mental health crisis among African-Americans, by Alvin F. Poussaint, MD and Amy Alexander, Beacon: Boston, 2000. Come On, People: On the path from victims to victors, by Bill Cosby and Alvin F. Poussaint, MD, Thomas Nelson: Nashville, 2007. Articles "Clinical Manifestations and Diagnosis of Amyloid Polyneuropathy" by T. L. Munsat and A. F. Poussaint (Neurology, Minneapolis, 1962; 12(6):413–422) "A Controlled Study of Imipramine (Tofranil) in the Treatment of Childhood Enuresis" by A. F. Poussaint and K. S. Ditman (J Pediatry, 1965; 67(6):283–290) "The Effect of the Physician's Smoking on the Treatment of Smokers" by A. F. Poussaint, S. H. Bergman, and E. Lichtenstein (Diseases of the Nervous System, 1966; 27:539–543.) "The Stresses of the White Female Worker in the Civil Rights Movement in the South" (Am J Psychiatry, 1966; 123(4):401–407) "A Negro Psychiatrist Explains the Negro Psyche" by The New York Times Sunday Magazine, August 20, 1967:52+ "Black Power: