Office for Disparities Research and Workforce Diversity, NIMH, Bethesda, Md. (Barksdale); National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities, NIH, Bethesda, Md. (Barksdale, Pérez-Stable); NIMH, Bethesda, Md. (Gordon).
Am J Psychiatry. 2022 Jun;179(6):397-401. doi: 10.1176/appi.ajp.21100972.
Disparities in mental health have persisted or worsened despite our awareness of their existence, increased understanding of their causes, and efforts at reduction and mitigation. Although much is known, there is still much to be done in mental health research to meaningfully impact disparities. In November 2020, the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) and the National Institute of Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD) co-sponsored a virtual workshop to explore the complexities of mental health disparities, which revealed several gaps and opportunities for the field to pursue to advance mental health disparities research. This article, the introduction to a Special Issue on Mental Health Disparities, provides a frame for four articles that stem from and are inspired by the virtual NIMH/NIMHD workshop, all of which illustrate innovative research on understanding the complex mechanisms of disparities and how this knowledge can be translated into effective intervention development that advances mental health equity.
尽管我们已经意识到精神健康方面存在差异，并且对其成因有了更深入的了解，也在努力减少和缓解这些差异，但这些差异仍然存在或恶化。尽管我们已经了解了很多，但在精神健康研究领域，要想真正解决这些差异，仍有许多工作要做。2020 年 11 月，美国国立精神卫生研究所（NIMH）和美国国家少数民族健康与健康差异研究所（NIMHD）共同主办了一次虚拟研讨会，探讨精神健康差异的复杂性，揭示了该领域在推进精神健康差异研究方面存在的几个差距和机会。本文是一期关于精神健康差异的特刊的引言，为四篇文章提供了框架，这些文章源自并受到虚拟 NIMH/NIMHD 研讨会的启发，所有这些文章都展示了关于理解差异复杂机制的创新性研究，以及如何将这些知识转化为推进精神健康公平的有效干预措施的发展。
