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.
• Mind Matters: A Resource Guide to Psychiatry for Black Communities by Global Health Psychiatry, LLC
• The Hate You Give by Angie Thomas
• The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness by Michelle Alexander
• Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria by Beverly Daniel Tatum, PhD
• White Fragility by Robin DiAngelo

FILMS/TV

• Just Mercy (2019) (streaming free on Amazon Prime, Google Play)
• When They See Us (2019) TV Series (Available on Netflix)
• Blindspotting (2018)
• 13th (2016) Documentary (Available on Netflix)

ACTION

DONATE! Organizations taking action to which you can donate:

• Black Mental Health Alliance
• Black Lives Matter
• Equal Justice Initiatives
• National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)

CENSUS! Complete the census and encourage others to do so as well.

VOTE!

• Register yourself and others to vote.
• Vote!
• Encourage others to vote.
• Vote in each election. Every. Single. One.