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Dimensions of Institutional Racism in Psychiatry

MELVIN SABSHIN, HERMAN DIESENHAUS, and RAYMOND WILKERSONAuthors Info & Affiliations

Publication: American Journal of Psychiatry

Volume 127, Number 6

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.127.6.787

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Defining institutional racism in terms of self-perpetuating barriers to blacks' participation as equals in all areas of psychiatry, the authors review the influence of white racism on the image of the black patient, neglected problem areas, treatment accessibility, community mental health, research, and the professional functioning of psychiatrists. These analyses lead to specific recommendations for new institutionalized practices to be supported by the white power structure of psychiatry if eradication of racism in psychiatry is to be accomplished.

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American Journal of Psychiatry

Volume 127 • Number 6 • December 1970

Pages: 787 - 793

PubMed: 5482872

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Published in print: December 1970

Published online: 1 April 2006

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MELVIN SABSHIN

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HERMAN DIESENHAUS

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RAYMOND WILKERSON

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Professor and head, department of psychiatry, University of Illinois at the Medical Center, P. O. Box 6998, Chicago, Ill. 60680

Assistant professor of psychology, department of psychiatry, University of Illinois at the Medical Center, P. O. Box 6998, Chicago, Ill. 60680

Assistant professor of psychiatry and director of the inpatient service, department of psychiatry, University of Illinois at the Medical Center, P. O. Box 6998, Chicago, Ill. 60680

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Dimensions of Institutional Racism in Psychiatry

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