Dismantling structural racism in psychiatry: a path to mental health equity

RS Shim - American Journal of Psychiatry, 2021 - Am Psychiatric Assoc
Examples of racial injustice (including COVID-19 inequities, police killings of Black people,
and mass shootings targeting specific racial and ethnic groups) are prevalent in US society …

[HTML][HTML] Racism and mental health

DR Williams, OS Etkins - World Psychiatry, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The COVID-19 pandemic, with its striking inequities in mortality rates between Whites and
stigmatized racial/ethnic groups in the US and UK, and the recent global protests about …

Race as a social construct in psychiatry research and practice

BE Bryant, A Jordan, US Clark - JAMA psychiatry, 2022 - jamanetwork.com
In scientific studies, the social construct of race is often conceptualized as a biological
variable, supported by the false historical narrative that there are inherent biological …

Racism and mental health equity: history repeating itself

M Mensah, L Ogbu-Nwobodo, RS Shim - Psychiatric services, 2021 - Am Psychiatric Assoc
With a growing understanding of how racism negatively affects the mental health of patients,
mental health professionals are as anxious to act as they are uncertain about the best path …

Structural racism and inequities in incidence, course of illness, and treatment of psychotic disorders among Black Americans

S Misra, OS Etkins, LH Yang… - American journal of …, 2022 - ajph.aphapublications.org
Psychotic disorders (eg, schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorder) are a leading cause of
morbidity and premature mortality and an overlooked health inequity in the United States …

Mental health in the context of health disparities

J Miranda, TG McGuire, DR Williams… - american Journal of …, 2008 - Am Psychiatric Assoc
A longstanding theme of mental health policy has been the tension between the integration
of mental health into general health policy and exceptionalism. Integration is represented by …

Systemic racism and substance use disorders

P Farahmand, A Arshed, MV Bradley - Psychiatric Annals, 2020 - journals.healio.com
Increasing attention to systemic racism in the United States in all aspects of life has
sharpened focus on its effects on the health outcomes of Black, Latinx, and Indigenous …

How mental health professionals can address disparities in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic.

TB Loeb, MT Ebor, AM Smith, D Chin, DM Novacek… - Traumatology, 2021 - psycnet.apa.org
Abstract The Coronavirus, 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic is an unparalleled crisis, yet also a
unique opportunity for mental health professionals to address and prioritize mental and …

The social determinants of mental health: psychiatrists' roles in addressing discrimination and food insecurity

RS Shim, MT Compton - Focus, 2020 - Am Psychiatric Assoc
The social determinants of mental health are societal problems that disrupt optimal mental
health, increase risk for and prevalence of mental illnesses, and worsen outcomes among …

Where next for understanding race/ethnic inequalities in severe mental illness? Structural, interpersonal and institutional racism

JY Nazroo, KS Bhui, J Rhodes - Sociology of health & illness, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
In this article we use the example of race/ethnic inequalities in severe mental illness to
demonstrate the utility of a novel integrative approach to theorising the role of racism in …