Sukhera Javeed, Palaniyappan Lena
Institute of Living at Hartford Hospital, 200 Retreat Avenue, Hartford, CT 06106, United States.
Department of Psychiatry, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada; Robarts Research Institute, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada; Lawson Health Research Institute, London, Ontario, Canada.
Psychiatry Res. 2022 Feb;308:114343. doi: 10.1016/j.psychres.2021.114343. Epub 2021 Dec 14.
The importance of advancing anti-racism within research has gained recent attention. Academic medical organizations have attempted to increase diversity while seeking structural reforms to advance equity. However, efforts remain constrained while persons from racialized groups continue to experience discrimination. Mental health research is not immune to the experience of inequity. There is ample evidence that mental health research is underfunded compared to other types of health research. In addition, many racialized researchers and research staff have experienced different forms of implicit, explicit, and structural racism and are finding the courage to share their stories. Such experiences of racial trauma have a disastrous impact on the well-being of mental health researchers and adversely influence our overall mission. In this commentary, we also provide tangible and practical suggestions for academic leaders in the field. First, leaders must name racism and resist fragility and defensive reactions when the topic of racism in research is broached. Second, leaders should seek to foster a culture of belonging on teams where feedback from all is welcomed and encouraged. Third, leaders should seek structural change to ensure that teams are diverse and the adverse influence of systemic forms of racial discrimination on research our mitigated. Fourth, leaders must center the voices and perspective of those impacted by racial discrimination when developing, implementing, and evaluating their anti-racism work.
近年来，在研究中推进反种族主义的重要性受到了关注。学术医学组织试图在寻求结构改革以促进公平的同时增加多样性。然而，由于来自种族化群体的人继续遭受歧视，相关努力仍然受到限制。心理健康研究也未能幸免于不平等的状况。有充分证据表明，与其他类型的健康研究相比，心理健康研究的资金不足。此外，许多种族化的研究人员和研究工作人员都经历过不同形式的隐性、显性和结构性种族主义，他们正鼓起勇气分享自己的故事。这种种族创伤经历对心理健康研究人员的幸福感产生了灾难性影响，并对我们的总体使命产生了不利影响。在这篇评论中，我们还为该领域的学术领袖提供了切实可行的建议。首先，当研究中的种族主义话题被提及时，领导者必须正视种族主义，抵制脆弱性和防御性反应。其次，领导者应努力营造一种团队归属感文化，欢迎并鼓励所有人提供反馈。第三，领导者应寻求结构性变革，以确保团队多样化，并减轻系统性种族歧视形式对研究的不利影响。第四，领导者在制定、实施和评估其反种族主义工作时，必须将受种族歧视影响者的声音和观点放在中心位置。
