1 audiocassette (70 min.), 1 transcript (15 pages), 1 color photoprint (10 x 13 cm, 4 x 5 in.), 1991 August 9

File — Folder: 1164

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Scope and Contents

From the Collection: This interview surveys the early life and career of Dr. Robert H. Gervais (1929-2021), a psychiatrist practicing in Roswell, New Mexico. Among the subjects discussed in this interview are Dr. Gervais's personal and professional backgrounds; his service in and views on UNM-SOM's early efforts in the field of psychiatry in the late 1960s, including testimony regarding the early years of the Mental Health Center; Dr. Gervais's reflections on the efforts to establish modern psychiatric services in New Mexico, including his survey on pioneering development of delivery systems; "early" psychiatrists in southern New Mexico; major changes within his specialty over the first quarter-century of his practice; and other topics.