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Expert Q&A

Reevaluating Diagnosis Criteria for Minoritized Populations

October 1, 2024

QA2_Carmen Black_headshot.jpg Carmen G. Black, MD, MHS

Vice Chair of Education, Institute of Living at Hartford Hospital; Adjunct Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT.

Dr. Black has no financial relationships with companies related to this material.

Dr. Black discusses reevaluating diagnostic criteria for minoritized populations, emphasizing how structural racism in medicine contributes to misdiagnoses and disparities in mental health care. She explores approaches for clinicians to provide more equitable treatment by considering cultural context and addressing unconscious biases in psychiatric assessments.

Clinical Update

How to Talk to Patients About Ageism and Racism

October 1, 2024

Carmen G. Black, MD, MHS

Carmen G. Black, MD, MHS. Vice Chair of Education, Institute of Living at Hartford Hospital; Adjunct Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT.

Dr. Black has no financial relationships with companies related to this material.

Dr. Black delves into the intersection of ageism and racism in healthcare, highlighting how both impact patient trust and clinical decisions. She offers strategies for clinicians to acknowledge patient concerns, validate experiences of injustice, and build trust through empathetic care.

Expert Q&A

End-of-Life Discussions With Patients With Advanced Dementia

October 31, 2023

Ruth Palan Lopez, PhD, GNP, FAAN

Ruth Palan Lopez, PhD, GNP, FAAN. Jacques Moore Endowed Professor of Gerontologic Nursing; Associate Dean for Research in the School of Nursing, MGH Institute of Health Professions, Boston, MA.

Dr. Lopez has no financial relationships with companies related to this material.

How can clinicians improve end of life care and minimize disparities by regions and race? Dr. Lopez identifies ways clinicians can build trust with minoritized populations. She also shares her 6 Ms approach to making patients with dementia more comfortable.

EXPERT Q&A

Understanding Sexuality and Gender

January 2, 2023

Hansel Arroyo, MD

Hansel Arroyo, MD. Assistant professor of psychiatry, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. New York, NY.

Dr. Arroyo has no financial relationships with companies related to this material.

Dr Arroyo gives us a comprehensive review of the mental health needs of transgender and gender-nonconforming patients and of gender-affirming treatments.

Racism and Psychiatry

May 1, 2022

Kali D. Cyrus, MD, MPH

Assistant professor, Department of Psychiatry, Johns Hopkins Medicine, Baltimore, MD. Physician-activist in private practice, Washington, DC.

Dr. Cyrus has disclosed no relevant financial or other interests in any commercial companies pertaining to this educational activity.

Race and identity are hot topics, even for White people, so psychiatrists need to find a better way to talk about it. The pandemic brought the dynamics of oppression and inequality to the forefront in medicine. Racism is not just happening in the news, the protests, and the Black Lives Matter movement.

ADHD Prevalence in the US Black Population

July 14, 2021

Thomas Jordan, MD.

Thomas Jordan, MD. Dr. Jordan has disclosed no relevant financial or other interests in any commercial companies pertaining to this educational activity.

We all need to become more aware of the differences in the population prevalence of mental health problems among various communities. This research update offers more recent data, upending what we knew when DSM-5 came out, and giving us a better sense of how to assess black youth and avoiding bias in the diagnostic process.

Reducing the Stigma of Addiction Through Language and Terminology

March 30, 2020

Specific terms and phrases, when used among health professionals, can lead to more punitive treatment plans and increased stigma perceived by patients. Learn the evidence base behind recent recommendations among medical societies, journals, and periodicals to use more person-centered language.