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Addressing Access in Ethnoracially Diverse Populations: Lessons from a University-Based Community Mental Health Center

Society of Clinical Psychology

OUR STUDY Our team at Florida State University (FSU) sought to study differences in access to, retention throughout, and effectiveness of therapy across gender, ethnic, and racial groups in our local community of Leon County, Florida. she/her) is a 4 th year student in the Clinical Psychology doctoral program at Florida State University.

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MQ Mental Health Data Science Meeting: Inequality, diversity and representativeness

MQ Mental Health

This meeting’s theme relates to three of society’s pressing issues - inequality, diversity, and representativeness. The first session will focus on underserved and underrepresented populations , chaired by Ann John (Swansea University). Session three, chaired by Dermot O’Reilly (Queen’s University Belfast), will focus on suicidality.

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NASW Proudly Acknowledges Women’s History Month

Social Work Blog

It helps raise awareness about issues such as gender equality, women’s rights, and the need for diversity and inclusion. However, attention to women’s rights waned during the economic depression of the 1930s. Consequently, many universities started offering courses in women’s history and women’s studies.

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Social work leaders must take action to embed anti-racist practice, conference told

Community Care

The impact of racial trauma includes anxiety, depression, avoidant behaviour, difficulty concentrating, feelings of humiliation and hypervigilance. How diverse are your recruitment panels and conferences? It can affect your appetite, impact on sleep and lead to substance and alcohol use.” “It’s had a massive impact.

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Importance of Addressing Internalized Racism in Clinical Practice (SCP Diversity Committee)

Society of Clinical Psychology

Internalized racism experienced by Black Americans has a direct association with poor mental health, including depression and anxiety, and physical health outcomes, including obesity and hypertension. Fisher, PhD is an Assistant Professor and clinical psychologist at Northwestern University. Recently, Gale et al.

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Member Spotlight: Sheehan Fisher, PhD

Society of Clinical Psychology

Sheehan Fisher, PhD is an Associate Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Northwestern University, where he was recently appointed Associate Dean for Diversity and Inclusion in the Graduate School. Journal of Affective Disorders. 28 , 111-120. doi: 10.1016/j.jad.2016.05.063

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Culturally Informed Therapy for Schizophrenia: A Review

Society of Clinical Psychology

Diversity is not an adjunct descriptor of the U.S. Thus, it is equity that holds the power to protect our nation’s people, as diversity without equity often breeds injustice. reductions of anxiety, depression, and substance use) of including religious components into treatment protocols.