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Racism & Mental Health Equity
Published Online: 8 June 2023

Burnout and Moral Injury Among Black Psychiatrists and Other Black Mental Health Professionals

Donna M. Norris, M.D. [email protected], and Annelle Primm, M.D., M.P.H.Authors Info & Affiliations
Publication: Psychiatric Services
Volume 75, Number 1
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.20220522
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Abstract

This column discusses burnout and moral injury among Black psychiatrists and other Black mental health professionals and highlights the contribution of racism to these outcomes. In the United States, the COVID-19 pandemic and racial turmoil have revealed stark inequities in health care and social justice, and demand for mental health services has increased. To meet the mental health needs of communities, racism must be recognized as a factor in burnout and moral injury. The authors offer preventive strategies to support the mental health, well-being, and longevity of Black mental health professionals.

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Volume 75 • Number 1 • January 01, 2024
Pages: 83 - 86
PubMed: 37287228

History

Received: 12 October 2022
Revision received: 27 January 2023
Accepted: 9 May 2023
Published online: 8 June 2023
Published in print: January 01, 2024

Keywords

  1. Racism
  2. Racial-ethnic disparities
  3. Quality of life
  4. Burnout

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Donna M. Norris, M.D. [email protected]
Harvard Medical School, Boston (Norris); Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore (Primm).
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Annelle Primm, M.D., M.P.H.
Harvard Medical School, Boston (Norris); Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore (Primm).
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Notes

Send correspondence to Dr. Norris ([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.

Competing Interests

The authors report no financial relationships with commercial interests.

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