Isolation

About the Book

A very well-written and scholarly presentation which ought to prove valuable to both clinicians and experimentalists. J.P. CHAPLIN, University of Vermont “A very interesting and well written integration of many related areas. Undoubtedly a contribution to the areas concerned. JACK VERNON, Princeton University “A fascinating and comprehensive study of past development and current state-of-the-art in this area.” Dr. WILLIAM D. THOMPSON, Baylor University “Part I is well written and provides an overview of the subject matter with broad strokes which blend into one another . . . the book does give a good historical perspective of the development of interest in the effects of isolation . . . . The bibliography . . . is one of the most complete of published bibliographies in this field.” American Journal of Psychiatry.

About the Author

Charles A. Brownfield received his academic degrees from Brooklyn College (NY), Western Reserve University (OH), and The Union Graduate School of the Union Institute (OH). He taught psychology at SUNY College at Geneseo (NY), Nassau Community College (NY), and Queensborough Community College of CUNY. He was director of the Community Family Guidance Center, Inc., a non-profit counseling service in Middletown, NJ. He worked as a clinical psychologist at Mendocino State Hospital (CA), and with several institutions of the Corrections Departments of the states of New York, Florida, and New Jersey. He retired in 1995 as a Principal Clinical Psychologist and head of the psychology department at Riverfront State Prison, Camden, NJ. He now lives in Wilmington, DE and does occasional psychology consulting in New Jersey.