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Racism & Mental Health Equity
Published Online: 13 February 2024

From Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion to an Antiracism Strategic Plan: An Academic Department of Psychiatry’s Journey

Abstract

The efforts of an academic psychiatry department to embark on an antiracism strategic planning process are outlined, including the establishment of an antiracism task force charged with the development of an antiracism strategic plan. The initial process of the task force is described, recommendations are summarized, and future directions are outlined.

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Psychiatric Services
Pages: 391 - 394
PubMed: 38347815

History

Received: 10 February 2023
Revision received: 29 November 2023
Accepted: 7 December 2023
Published online: 13 February 2024
Published in print: April 01, 2024

Keywords

  1. General psychiatry
  2. Structural racism
  3. Discrimination
  4. Diversity
  5. equity
  6. inclusion
  7. Racism

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Nhi-Ha T. Trinh, M.D., M.P.H. [email protected]
Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital (all authors), and Harvard Medical School (Trinh, Nagendra, Emmerich, Chow, Jenkins, Okereke), Boston.
Farhabi Talukder, M.P.H.
Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital (all authors), and Harvard Medical School (Trinh, Nagendra, Emmerich, Chow, Jenkins, Okereke), Boston.
Arun Nagendra, Ph.D.
Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital (all authors), and Harvard Medical School (Trinh, Nagendra, Emmerich, Chow, Jenkins, Okereke), Boston.
Areeba M. Ali, M.P.H.
Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital (all authors), and Harvard Medical School (Trinh, Nagendra, Emmerich, Chow, Jenkins, Okereke), Boston.
Anne Emmerich, M.D., M.A.
Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital (all authors), and Harvard Medical School (Trinh, Nagendra, Emmerich, Chow, Jenkins, Okereke), Boston.
Louis Chow, Ph.D.
Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital (all authors), and Harvard Medical School (Trinh, Nagendra, Emmerich, Chow, Jenkins, Okereke), Boston.
Jonathan H. Jenkins, Psy.D., C.M.P.C.
Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital (all authors), and Harvard Medical School (Trinh, Nagendra, Emmerich, Chow, Jenkins, Okereke), Boston.
Olivia I. Okereke, M.D., M.S.
Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital (all authors), and Harvard Medical School (Trinh, Nagendra, Emmerich, Chow, Jenkins, Okereke), Boston.

Notes

Send correspondence to Dr. Trinh ([email protected]). Michael Mensah, M.D., M.P.H., Lucy Ogbu-Nwobodo, M.D., M.S., and Ruth S. Shim, M.D., M.P.H., are editors of this column.

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The authors report no financial relationships with commercial interests.

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