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 …

Planning for mental health needs during COVID-19

RH Han, MN Schmidt, WM Waits, AKC Bell… - Current psychiatry …, 2020 - Springer
Abstract Purpose of Review The ability to effectively prepare for and respond to the
psychological fallout from large-scale disasters is a core competency of military mental …

Examining the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on family mental health in Canada: findings from a national cross-sectional study

AC Gadermann, KC Thomson, CG Richardson… - BMJ open, 2021 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Objectives In the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, social isolation, school/child care
closures and employment instability have created unprecedented conditions for families …

Psychosocial health of school-aged children during the initial COVID-19 safer-at-home school mandates in Florida: a cross-sectional study

SL McKune, D Acosta, N Diaz, K Brittain, DJ Beaulieu… - BMC public health, 2021 - Springer
Background Given the emerging literature regarding the impacts of lockdown measures on
mental health, this study aims to describe the psychosocial health of school-aged children …

Trends and prevalence of suicide 2017–2021 and its association with COVID-19: Interrupted time series analysis of a national sample of college students in the United …

Y Zhai, X Du - Psychiatry research, 2022 - Elsevier
Background Suicide is among the leading causes of death for college students. We aimed to
assess the impact of the pandemic on trends in suicidal thoughts and behaviors among …

Pathways To Equitable And Antiracist Maternal Mental Health Care: Insights From Black Women Stakeholders: Study examines pathways to equitable and antiracist …

K Matthews, I Morgan, K Davis, T Estriplet, S Perez… - Health …, 2021 - healthaffairs.org
Structural racism causes significant inequities in the diagnosis of perinatal and maternal
mental health disorders and access to perinatal and maternal mental health treatment. Black …

Review of major social determinants of health in schizophrenia-spectrum psychotic disorders: I. Clinical outcomes

DJ Jester, ML Thomas, ET Sturm… - Schizophrenia …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Background Social determinants of health (SDoHs) are receiving growing attention and are
particularly relevant to persons with schizophrenia-spectrum psychotic disorders (SSPDs) …

Trauma-informed care and cultural humility in the mental health care of people from minoritized communities

N Ranjbar, M Erb, O Mohammad, FA Moreno - Focus, 2020 - Am Psychiatric Assoc
The prevalence and impact of trauma constitute a public health crisis that is complicated by
the cultural heterogeneity of contemporary society and a higher rate of trauma among …

A new agenda for optimizing investments in community mental health and reducing disparities

M Alegría, J Zhen-Duan, IS O'Malley… - American Journal of …, 2022 - Am Psychiatric Assoc
The Biden-Harris Administration's FY22 budget includes $1.6 billion for the Community
Mental Health Services Block Grant program, more than double the FY21 allocation, given …

Mental health inequities in the context of COVID-19

RS Shim - JAMA network open, 2020 - jamanetwork.com
Major depressive disorder is a leading cause of disability worldwide, and a major risk factor
for suicide. It is also an illness that is remarkably sensitive to the social determinants of …