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Racism and mental health and the role of mental health professionals
The concept of “race” and consequently of racism is not a recent phenomenon, although it had profound effects on the lives of populations over the last several hundred years. Using slaves and indentured labor from racial groups designated to be “the others,” who was seen as inferior and thus did not...
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2021
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8278246/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34134809 http://dx.doi.org/10.1192/j.eurpsy.2021.2216 |
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author | Schouler-Ocak, M. Bhugra, D. Kastrup, M. C. Dom, G. Heinz, A. Küey, L. Gorwood, P. |
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description | The concept of “race” and consequently of racism is not a recent phenomenon, although it had profound effects on the lives of populations over the last several hundred years. Using slaves and indentured labor from racial groups designated to be “the others,” who was seen as inferior and thus did not deserve privileges, and who were often deprived of the right to life and basic needs as well as freedoms. Thus, creation of “the other” on the basis of physical characteristics and dehumanizing them became more prominent. Racism is significantly related to poor health, including mental health. The impact of racism in psychiatric research and clinical practice is not sufficiently investigated. Findings clearly show that the concept of “race” is genetically incorrect. Therefore, the implicit racism that underlies many established “scientific” paradigms need be changed. Furthermore, to overcome the internalized, interpersonal, and institutional racism, the impact of racism on health and on mental health must be an integral part of educational curricula, from undergraduate levels through continuing professional development, clinical work, and research. In awareness of the consequences of racism at all levels (micro, meso, and macro), recommendations for clinicians, policymakers, and researchers are worked out. |
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spelling | pubmed-82782462021-07-20 Racism and mental health and the role of mental health professionals Schouler-Ocak, M. Bhugra, D. Kastrup, M. C. Dom, G. Heinz, A. Küey, L. Gorwood, P. Eur Psychiatry EPA Policy Paper The concept of “race” and consequently of racism is not a recent phenomenon, although it had profound effects on the lives of populations over the last several hundred years. Using slaves and indentured labor from racial groups designated to be “the others,” who was seen as inferior and thus did not deserve privileges, and who were often deprived of the right to life and basic needs as well as freedoms. Thus, creation of “the other” on the basis of physical characteristics and dehumanizing them became more prominent. Racism is significantly related to poor health, including mental health. The impact of racism in psychiatric research and clinical practice is not sufficiently investigated. Findings clearly show that the concept of “race” is genetically incorrect. Therefore, the implicit racism that underlies many established “scientific” paradigms need be changed. Furthermore, to overcome the internalized, interpersonal, and institutional racism, the impact of racism on health and on mental health must be an integral part of educational curricula, from undergraduate levels through continuing professional development, clinical work, and research. In awareness of the consequences of racism at all levels (micro, meso, and macro), recommendations for clinicians, policymakers, and researchers are worked out. Cambridge University Press 2021-06-17 /pmc/articles/PMC8278246/ /pubmed/34134809 http://dx.doi.org/10.1192/j.eurpsy.2021.2216 Text en © The Author(s) 2021 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution licence (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | EPA Policy Paper Schouler-Ocak, M. Bhugra, D. Kastrup, M. C. Dom, G. Heinz, A. Küey, L. Gorwood, P. Racism and mental health and the role of mental health professionals |
title | Racism and mental health and the role of mental health professionals |
title_full | Racism and mental health and the role of mental health professionals |
title_fullStr | Racism and mental health and the role of mental health professionals |
title_full_unstemmed | Racism and mental health and the role of mental health professionals |
title_short | Racism and mental health and the role of mental health professionals |
title_sort | racism and mental health and the role of mental health professionals |
topic | EPA Policy Paper |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8278246/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34134809 http://dx.doi.org/10.1192/j.eurpsy.2021.2216 |
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