After nearly 30 years at MSU, psychology Professor Bertram Karon is being rewarded.

The International Center for the Study of Psychiatry and Psychology presented Karon with its 2000 Award for Contributions to the Ethical Human Sciences and Services last week at a three-day conference in New York.

Throughout his career, Karon has been a proponent of psychoanalysis - a method of investigating a patient’s emotional psyche through free association and dream analysis - in place of excessive medication, shock treatment and other methods of treating patients.

“There are problems with psychoanalysis - even Freud knew that - but I’ve found it helpful as a theory and as a treatment,” he said.

He’s especially noted for his stance against using drugs to treat mental patients.

Karon did his undergraduate studies at Harvard University and performed his graduate studies at Princeton University. He came to MSU in 1962.

He has written two books and published more than 150 articles on psychology. “Black Scare: A Rigorous Investigation of the Effects of Discrimination,” studied the psychological implications of a segregated society.

His second book, “Psychology of Schizophrenia: The Treatment of Choice,” was a well-received study on the treatments of the disease.

Karon was also involved with establishing the Michigan Psychoanalytic Institute, which has locations in East Lansing and Ann Arbor.

“He’s been an excellent lecturer, especially in