Racism and Health: Black Mental Health Matters
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Presenter: Dr. Enrique Neblett
Overview:
Racism constitutes a significant risk to the mental health of Black Americans; yet, in some cases, it remains conspicuously absent from conceptual frameworks for understanding mental health. Three shortcomings create practice gaps that represent areas for improvement to increase clinician competence or performance and patient outcomes. First, clinicians may fail to include culturally relevant variables or engage in culturally-informed assessment as part of the intake process (Neal Barnett, 2004). Second, clinicians may unintentionally (or intentionally) engage in practices that “contribute to and exacerbate” patients’ negative mental health experiences and become a barrier to positive change” (Chang, 2010, as cited in Graham et al., 2013). Third, while there may be effective treatments of mental illness for the general population (Weersing et al., 2016), there remains a dearth of evidence-based approaches that have been tested in large enough samples of Black Americans to help establish an evidence base for this population (Ring the Alarm: The Crisis of Black Youth Suicide in America, 2019), rendering effective practice with Black Americans and other marginalized populations a challenging enterprise.
To address some of the above issues, we suggest that clinicians : 1) include measures of race-related factors and experiences, as well as culturally informed assessment as part of the intake process (Jones & Neblett, 2017; Neblett, Bernard, & Banks, 2016; see also Graham, Sorenson, & Hayes-Skelton, 2013); and 2) adopt a practice framework of trust building, structural competency, and cultural humility (Prince et al., 2021) when working with Black Americans and other marginalized groups. Research establishing the efficacy of evidence-based approaches for the general population also needs to be conducted in large enough samples of marginalized groups to confirm the efficacy of treatment approaches for all groups (Ring the Alarm: The Crisis of Black Youth Suicide in America, 2019).
Learning Objectives:
- Identify at least 3 recent societal trends and events that have contributed to an interest in a renewed interest in racism and health.
- Name and describe at least 3 mechanisms by which racism impacts the mental (and physical) health of Black Americans.
- Identify 3 assessment and intervention strategies or approaches that could enhance outcomes for Black Americans experiencing racism and poor mental health.
Description
Presenter: Dr. Enrique Neblett
Overview:
Racism constitutes a significant risk to the mental health of Black Americans; yet, in some cases, it remains conspicuously absent from conceptual frameworks for understanding mental health. Three shortcomings create practice gaps that represent areas for improvement to increase clinician competence or performance and patient outcomes. First, clinicians may fail to include culturally relevant variables or engage in culturally-informed assessment as part of the intake process (Neal Barnett, 2004). Second, clinicians may unintentionally (or intentionally) engage in practices that “contribute to and exacerbate” patients’ negative mental health experiences and become a barrier to positive change” (Chang, 2010, as cited in Graham et al., 2013). Third, while there may be effective treatments of mental illness for the general population (Weersing et al., 2016), there remains a dearth of evidence-based approaches that have been tested in large enough samples of Black Americans to help establish an evidence base for this population (Ring the Alarm: The Crisis of Black Youth Suicide in America, 2019), rendering effective practice with Black Americans and other marginalized populations a challenging enterprise.
To address some of the above issues, we suggest that clinicians : 1) include measures of race-related factors and experiences, as well as culturally informed assessment as part of the intake process (Jones & Neblett, 2017; Neblett, Bernard, & Banks, 2016; see also Graham, Sorenson, & Hayes-Skelton, 2013); and 2) adopt a practice framework of trust building, structural competency, and cultural humility (Prince et al., 2021) when working with Black Americans and other marginalized groups. Research establishing the efficacy of evidence-based approaches for the general population also needs to be conducted in large enough samples of marginalized groups to confirm the efficacy of treatment approaches for all groups (Ring the Alarm: The Crisis of Black Youth Suicide in America, 2019).
Learning Objectives:
- Identify at least 3 recent societal trends and events that have contributed to an interest in a renewed interest in racism and health.
- Name and describe at least 3 mechanisms by which racism impacts the mental (and physical) health of Black Americans.
- Identify 3 assessment and intervention strategies or approaches that could enhance outcomes for Black Americans experiencing racism and poor mental health
Please note that this webinar will not be recorded for homestudy.
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