NEW BEDFORD, Mass., Aug. 1, 2007 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) -- How do you know if you have a colonized or non-colonized personality? Author Dr. Guillermo Gonzalez presents his psychiatrist's view on the colonized personality of the majority of Puerto Ricans in his fascinating book, The Governor's Suits: A Psychiatric Perspective on Puerto Rico.
Puerto Rico is a non-incorporated territory that has belonged to the United States of America since the U.S. military invasion of Puerto Rico in 1898. With these 108 years of colonization by the United States plus the 405 years of colonization by Spain, Puerto Rico is entitled to be called The World's Oldest Colony in present times. This is a fact that is not well known to the U.S. population and surprisingly, not by many Puerto Ricans either. The Governor's Suits addresses this problem.
What makes this book unique is that it presents a Puerto Rican psychiatrist's view of this problem. After working for the past thirty-three years as a practicing General Community Psychiatrist in Puerto Rico and in New Bedford, Massachusetts, the author has collected very detailed observations about the personalities of his patients who are mostly Puerto Ricans. He has discovered a personality style unique to this population: The Colonized Personality. Dr. Gonzalez compares the colonized personality to the non-colonized personality and formulates hypotheses of Puerto Ricans' future behavior regarding the political status based on the colonized personality.
The Governor Suits: A Psychiatric Perspective is addressed to the general educated population, both in Puerto Rico and in the United States of America, that have interest in Puerto Rican affairs. A Spanish edition, Los Trajes del Gobernador: Una Perspectiva Psiquiatrica de Puerto Rico is also available for your reading pleasure. To get a copy of this fascinating book, just log on at Xlibris.com or visit your local book retailer today.
About the Author
Dr. Guillermo Gonzalez received his Bachelor's Degree in Sciences at the University of Puerto Rico in 1969. He obtained his M.D. Degree from the University of Puerto Rico Medical School in 1973. In 1976 the author completed his residency training in Psychiatry at the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Puerto Rico Medical School. In 1977, Dr. Gonzalez completed a one-year Clinical Research Fellowship at the State University of New York, Downstate Medical Campus, Brooklyn. From 1977 until 1992 he practiced Clinical Psychiatry at various facilities in Puerto Rico. He has also received appointments as Instructor of Psychiatry and later, as Assistant Professor of Psychiatry from the University of Puerto Rico Medical School. For three years the author held the title of Chairman of the Department of Psychiatry at the Universidad Central del Caribe, Bayamon, Puerto Rico, and received an Associate Professor Degree. In 1992 he relocated to New Bedford, Massachusetts where he is still practicing Community Psychiatry. In addition to his clinical practice Dr. Gonzalez has participated in various community organizations which are concerned with and advocate for minorities' rights. He served as Human Relations Commissioner of the City of New Bedford from 2004-2005.
The Governor's Suits * by Dr. Guillermo Gonzalez
A Psychiatric Perspective of Puerto Rico
Publication Date: March 8, 2007
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Los Trajes del Gobernador * by Dr. Guillermo Gonzalez
Una Perspectiva Psiquiatrica de Puerto Rico
Publication Date: March 9, 2007
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