Los Trajes del Gobernador

About the Book

Puerto Rico es un territorio no incorporado de los Estados Unidos de América desde la invasión militar por los Estados Unidos en 1898 en Puerto Rico. Con cuatrocientos cinco años de colonización de España y ciento ocho años por los Estados Unidos, Puerto Rico es la colonia más antigua del mundo. Este es un hecho no conocido por muchos norteamericanos, sorprendentemente tampoco por muchos puertorriqueños. Este libro trata sobre la perspectiva de un psiquiatra sobre este problema. He trabajado por los pasados treinta y tres años en psiquiatría clínica comunitaria tanto en Puerto Rico como New Bedford, Massachussets. Durante este tiempo he podido observar muchas cualidades de la personalidad de los puertorriqueños. He descubierto un tipo de personalidad muy común en los puertorriqueños, la he llamado la Personalidad Colonizada. Este tipo de personalidad es resultado directo de esta experiencia única de ser la colonia más antigua del mundo.

About the Author

I received my Bachelor’s Degree in Sciences at the University of Puerto Rico in 1969. I obtained my M.D. Degree from the University of Puerto Rico Medical School in 1973. In 1976 I completed my residency training in Psychiatry at the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Puerto Rico Medical School. In 1977 I completed a one year Clinical Research Fellowship at the State University of New York, Downstate Medical Campus, Brooklyn. From 1977 until 1992 I practiced Clinical Psychiatry at various facilities in Puerto Rico. I have received appointments as Instructor of Psychiatry and later, as Assistant Professor of Psychiatry from the University of Puerto Rico Medical School. For three years I held the title of Chairman of the Department of Psychiatry at the Universidad Central del Caribe, Bayamón, Puerto Rico, and received an Associate Professor Degree. In 1992 I relocated to New Bedford, Massachusetts where I am still practicing Community Psychiatry. In addition to my clinical practice I have participated in various community organizations which are concerned and advocate for minorities’ rights. I served as Human Relations Commissioner of the City of New Bedford from 2004-2005.