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07. Black Mental Health
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Length:
39 minutes
Released:
Jun 18, 2020
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Podcast episode
Description
Altha J. Stewart, M.D. comes from a family of storytellers and in this episode of Psychiatry Unbound she brings her own personal stories to life in rich detail. During an intimate conversation with Laura Roberts, M.D., M.A., she relives her own stories about how she came to be the person she grew into and the significance of becoming the first black President of the APA. In this episode: How the book, Black Mental Health, came together (1:40) Altha’s reflection on her journey (5:45) Parable of the sower and the need to be a bicultural being (11:39) The idea of racist practices in psychiatry (16:40) Progress and change in the psychiatric profession (26:00) The way we discuss and write about race (32:38) From the point of view of doctors and patients, Dr. Stewart and her fellow editors, Ezra E. H. Griffith, M.D., Billy E. Jones, M.D., M.S., brought together Black Mental Health to contribute to the conversation about the role of race in mental healthcare and education with the hope that it will provide a path forward for the next 50 years.
Released:
Jun 18, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode
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