Columbia University Irving Medical Center and New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York City (Hankerson); Department of Social Work, Fordham University, New York City (Crayton); Sacramento Minority Business Development Agency and Cal Asian Chamber of Commerce, Sacramento, California (Duenas). Roberto Lewis-Fernández, M.D., is editor of this column.
Psychiatr Serv. 2021 Aug 1;72(8):974-977. doi: 10.1176/appi.ps.201900412. Epub 2021 May 17.
African American clergy provide informal counseling for community members with depression. Through a qualitative case study with two African American clergy and 25 community members in New York City, the authors explored perspectives on training clergy in interpersonal counseling (IPC). Data were analyzed by using thematic analysis. Results were grouped into three themes: mistrust of institutions, depression stigma, and feasibility of training clergy in IPC. Clergy members wanted IPC training but did not want to counsel more people. Thus, training clergy may be insufficient to reduce racial disparities in access to evidence-based depression services.
非裔美国神职人员为社区中患有抑郁症的成员提供非正式咨询。通过对纽约市的两名非裔美国神职人员和 25 名社区成员进行的定性案例研究，作者探讨了对神职人员进行人际咨询（IPC）培训的看法。使用主题分析对数据进行分析。结果分为三个主题：对机构的不信任、抑郁症污名和对神职人员进行 IPC 培训的可行性。神职人员希望接受 IPC 培训，但不想为更多人提供咨询服务。因此，培训神职人员可能不足以减少在获得基于证据的抑郁症服务方面的种族差异。
