Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University Irving Medical Center/New York State Psychiatric Institute, 1051 Riverside Drive, New York, NY, 10032, USA.
Division of Environmental Pediatrics, NYU Langone Health, 403 E. 34Th Street, New York, NY, 10016, USA.
Community Ment Health J. 2024 Jan;60(1):82-86. doi: 10.1007/s10597-023-01124-y. Epub 2023 May 3.
Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) communities have weathered centuries of racism, causing transgenerational mental health consequences and hindering access to quality treatment. In this commentary, we describe the systemic challenges of engaging BIPOC to promote mental health equity during the COVID-19 pandemic. We then describe an initiative that illustrates these strategies, provide recommendations and further readings for academic institutions seeking to partner with community organizations to provide equitable mental health services to populations that have been traditionally overlooked.
黑人和原住民及有色人种(BIPOC)社区历经数百年的种族主义,导致代际心理健康后果,并阻碍了获得高质量治疗的机会。在这篇评论中,我们描述了在 COVID-19 大流行期间,系统地遇到的让 BIPOC 参与促进精神健康公平的挑战。然后,我们描述了一项倡议,说明了这些策略,为寻求与社区组织合作,为传统上被忽视的人群提供公平的精神卫生服务的学术机构提供建议和进一步的阅读材料。