Psychiatry's Dark Secrets: Black Lives Don't Matter.
J Health Care Poor Underserved
; 32(3): 1225-1235, 2021.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1369550
ABSTRACT
There have been significant advances in the diagnosis and treatment of psychiatric disorders; however, racial disparities continue to create inequity in mental health care. In this commentary, we explore mental health disparities disfavoring African Americans in the psychiatric literature. We discuss how discrimination over time has resulted in a difference of perception, misdiagnoses, and conflicts in patient care. The literature reviewed reveals a pattern wherein African Americans are more likely to be misdiagnosed for all types of mental illness compared with other ethnicities due to fallacies perpetuated throughout the history of African Americans. In addition, the aggregation of current information and research on the current COVID-19 pandemic will justify future research on the epidemic of police brutality and shootings of unarmed African Americans. If we address this issue, we will reduce medical mistrust and ultimately reduce racial health inequities.
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International databases
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Black or African American
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Healthcare Disparities
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Racism
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Mental Disorders
Type of study:
Prognostic study
Limits:
Humans
Language:
English
Journal:
J Health Care Poor Underserved
Journal subject:
Health Services
Year:
2021
Document Type:
Article
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