Dismantling Racism: Building Anti-Racist Psychiatrists
On June 4, 2020 NYCPS hosted a Town Hall on Systemic Racism and Healthcare Inequities hosted by our Minority Affairs, P4CE, and Residents' Committees. Recognizing that dismantling racism takes time and ongoing work, NYCPS has decided to host a new series dedicated to helping psychiatrists break down the racist systems in place, while also helping to bring awareness, education, reflection, and empathy to build a community of anti-racist psychiatrists. See below for the videos of our 2020 installments. 2021 Schedule to come out soon!
Click here or scroll below for a list of anti-racist resources, including books, media, and actions you can take.
2020 SERIES SCHEDULE
August- Series 1 Thursday, August 27 7:00 PM EST Addressing Racism in Psychiatry Speaker: Cheryl Wills, M.D., DFAPA
September- Series 2 Tuesday, September 22 7:00 PM EST Engaging Diversity Through the Therapist’s Being Moved: Radical Openness and the Patient Who Is ‘Other’ Speaker: Anton Hart, PhD
October- Series 3 Thursday, October 15 7:00 PM EST An Exploration of Structural Racism and its Effect on the Practice of Psychiatry in the US Correctional System Speakers: Nadia Oryema, M.D. and Lauren Stossel, M.D.
November- Series 4 Thursday, November 12 7:00 PM EST Dismantling Racism in Our Health System: The Time is Now Speaker: Kamini Doobay, M.D., MS
RESOURCES
This list will be updated regularly. Please let us know if there is a resource you'd like us to share here.
Read the New York County Psychiatric Society's Statement on Systemic Racism and Healthcare Inequities here.
ARTICLES
Hansen, H., Riano, H., Meadows, T., & Mangurian, C. (2018). Alleviating the mental health burden of structural discrimination and hate crimes: The role of psychiatrists. American Journal of Psychiatry, 175(10), 929-933. https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2018.17080891
Tajeu, G., Halanych, J., Juarez, L., Stone, J., Stepanikova, I., Green, A., & Cherrington, A. (2018). Exploring the association of healthcare worker race and occupation with implicit and explicit racial bias. Journal of the National Medical Association, 110 (5), 464-472. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jnma.2017.12.001
Hall, W. J., Chapman, M. V., Lee, K. M., Merino, Y. M., Thomas, T. W., Payne, B. K., Eng, E., Day, S. H., & Coyne-Beasley, T. (2015). Implicit racial/ethnic bias among health care professionals and its influence on health care outcomes: A systematic review. American Journal of Public Health, 105(12), e60-76. https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2015.302903
Blair, I. V., Steiner, J. F., & Havranek, E. P. (2011). Unconscious (implicit) bias and health disparities: Where do we go from here?. The Permanente Journal, 15(2), 71–78. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3140753/
BOOKS
Black Mental Health edited by Ezra E. H. Griffith, M.D., Billy E. Jones, M.D., M.S., and Altha J. Stewart, M.D.