How to serve our ethnic minority communities better

How to provide anti-racist mental health care

“…This is a complex situation that requires not only political and institutional will and resources, but also clear guidelines and new approaches. 10 Although various associations of psychiatrists and psychologists (eg, the Canadian Psychiatric Association, Canadian Psychological Association, Royal College of Psychiatrists, American Psychiatric Association, and American Psychological Association) have developed guidelines to address issues of racism, they have offered few directly applicable solutions. Yet, in the face of individual, institutional, and systemic racism, as Angela Davis has written, "it is not enough to be nonracist, we must be anti-racist".…”

Can Translational Social Neuroscience Research Offer Insights to Mitigate Structural Racism in the United States?

“…To ensure that the goals of science are clearly delineated from the goals of clinical care, continuous informed consent may help (117). To achieve diverse sampling, transparency and trust may be built through learning systems, in partnership with regulatory oversight (118). To evolve trial designs originally developed for pharmacological treatments to be interoperable with digital therapeutic trials, requires engagement among multiple stakeholders (119).…”