Mensah Michael O, Collison Amira, Dacarett-Galeano Dennis, Stewart Altha J
National Clinician Scholars Program, Department of Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA.
Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
Psychiatr Clin North Am. 2022 Jun;45(2):227-241. doi: 10.1016/j.psc.2022.03.002. Epub 2022 May 14.
Long-standing challenges facing the mental health system require more effective strategies to furnish a workforce whose diversity matches an increasingly diverse population. Current and former system leaders can offer expert guidance informed by their experiences and perspectives. Their professional journeys to leadership in this area provide context and unique insight into issues of justice, including workforce diversity, equity, and inclusion in psychiatry. These experts agree that significant policy changes are needed to improve psychiatric workforce diversity and that implementing change will require that disparate groups together to achieve this goal. Financial considerations must be included in policy and advocacy.
心理健康系统长期面临的挑战需要更有效的策略来培养一支多样性与日益多样化的人群相匹配的劳动力队伍。现任和前任系统领导者可以根据他们的经验和观点提供专家指导。他们在这一领域走向领导岗位的职业历程为包括劳动力多样性、公平性和精神病学领域的包容性在内的司法问题提供了背景和独特见解。这些专家一致认为，需要进行重大政策变革以改善精神科劳动力的多样性，而实施变革将需要不同群体共同努力以实现这一目标。政策和宣传中必须纳入财务考量。
