Medscape: APA Tackles Structural Racism in Psychiatry, Itself

Article by Randy Dotinga in Medscape Psychiatry. Full article available here.

Amanda Calhoun, MD, recalls noticing a distinct empathy gap while she trained at a youth psychiatric unit. A White male patient hurled the N-word at a Black patient, and the majority White staff did nothing. "And then [they] told me the White patient was struggling and that's why they allowed it, even though he was aggressive.”