Racism and Psychiatry

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xxii

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2. Historical Context

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. Origins of Racism in American Medicine and Psychiatry

      • Kimberly Gordon-Achebe, Danielle R. Hairston, Shadé Miller, Rupinder Legha, Steven Starks

      Pages 3-19

   3. The Legacy of Slavery in Thoughts, Emotions, and Behaviors: Using Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to Frame the Impact of Slavery on African Americans

      • Sannisha K. Dale, Kimberly J. Merren

      Pages 21-34

3. Contemporary Issues

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 35-35

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   2. Racial/Ethnic Residential Segregation and Mental Health Outcomes

      • Kellee White, Jourdyn A. Lawrence

      Pages 37-53

   3. The Intersection of Homelessness, Racism, and Mental Illness

      • Jeffrey Olivet, Marc Dones, Molly Richard

      Pages 55-69

   4. Mental Illness, Addiction, and Incarceration: Breaking the Cycle

      • David Beckmann, Keris Jän Myrick, Derri Shtasel

      Pages 71-86

   5. Racism, Black Bodies, and Psychodynamic Therapy

      • Lisa L. Moore, Claire Carswell

      Pages 87-103

   6. Clinician Bias in Diagnosis and Treatment

      • Danielle R. Hairston, Tresha A. Gibbs, Shane Shucheng Wong, Ayana Jordan

      Pages 105-137

4. Contemporary Interventions

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 139-139

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   2. Hope, Resilience, and African-American Spirituality

      • Kean Baxter, Morgan M. Medlock, Ezra E. H. Griffith

      Pages 141-156

   3. Addressing Cultural Mistrust: Strategies for Alliance Building

      • Nhi-Ha T. Trinh, Chun-Yi Joey Cheung, Esther E. Velasquez, Kiara Alvarez, Christine Crawford, Margarita Alegría

      Pages 157-179

   4. Changing Institutional Values and Diversifying the Behavioral Health Workforce

      • Stephanie Pinder-Amaker, Kimberlyn Leary

      Pages 181-203

   5. Medical Education and Racism: Where Have We Been and Where Might We Go?

      • Derri Shtasel, Andrew D. Carlo, Nhi-Ha T. Trinh

      Pages 205-216

   6. Racial and Ethnic Minority Mental Health Advocacy: Strategies for Addressing Racism

      • Chelsi West Ohueri, Virginia A. Brown, William B. Lawson

      Pages 217-232

   7. Clinical Toolkit: Providing Psychotherapy in a Contemporary Social Context

      • Kali D. Cyrus, Asale A. Hubbard

      Pages 233-248

5. Back Matter

   Pages 249-255

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This book addresses the unique sociocultural and historical systems of oppression that have alienated African-American and other racial minority patients within the mental healthcare system.  This text aims to build a novel didactic curriculum addressing racism, justice, and community mental health as these issues intersect clinical practice.  Unlike any other resource, this guide moves beyond an exploration of the problem of racism and its detrimental effects, to a practical, solution-oriented discussion of how to understand and approach the mental health consequences with a lens and sensitivity for contemporary justice issues. After establishing the historical context of racism within organized medicine and psychiatry, the text boldly examines contemporary issues, including clinical biases in diagnosis and treatment, addiction and incarceration, and perspectives on providing psychotherapy to racial minorities.  The text concludes with chapters covering training and medical education within this sphere, approaches to supporting patients coping with racism and discrimination, and strategies for changing institutional practices in mental healthcare.

 

Written by thought leaders in the field, Racism and Psychiatry is the only current tool for psychiatrists, psychologists, administrators, educators, medical students, social workers, and all clinicians working to treat patients dealing with issues of racism at the point of mental healthcare. 

• Sociocultural systems of oppression
• Racism and psychotherapy
• Sensitivity in medical education
• Mental health advocacy
• Mental health and social justice

• Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Howard University Hospital, Washington, DC, USA

  Morgan M. Medlock

• Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, USA

  Derri Shtasel, Nhi-Ha T. Trinh

• Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, USA

  David R. Williams

Morgan M. Medlock, MD, MDiv, MPH, Director of Community Outreach and Engagement, Howard University Hospital, Department of Psychiatry, Washington, District of Columbia, USA

 

Derri Shtasel, MD, MPH, Director, Division of Public and Community Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital, Department of Psychiatry, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

 

Nhi-Ha T. Trinh, MD, MPH, Director, MGH Psychiatry Center for Diversity, Massachusetts General Hospital, Department of Psychiatry, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

 

David R. Williams, PhD, MPH, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Boston, Massachusetts, USA; Harvard University, Department of African and African American Studies, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA

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