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BPA TRUSTEE REGIONS: Region 1 (NE/Mid-Atlantic): CT,
DC, DE, MA, MD, ME, NH, NJ, NY, PA, RI, VT Region 2 (S):
AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, WV, VA Region 3 (E/ Midwest):
IL, IN, IO, KS, MI, MN, MO, OH, OK, WI Region 4 (W):
AK, AZ, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, ND, NB, NM, NV, OR, SD, TX, UT, WA, WY
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Resolution Against Racism, Racial Discrimination & Their Adverse Impact on Mental Health (Approved by the APA Board of Trustees, July 2006 and prepared by the Committee of Black Psychiatrists
of the Council of Minority Mental Health and Health Disparities)
Endorsement Statement:
The issue of racism and
racial discrimination has been recognized by the American Psychiatric Association as a contributor to ongoing health and mental
health disparities, and as a significant contributor to diminishing optimal mental functioning in individuals and communities
who are the victims of racism as evidenced by cross cultural empirical studies. Individual, structural
and perceived racism can be broken down into subtypes that broadly impact all of society. The changing demographics in America,
increasing health care costs and the persistence of health care disparities highlight the necessity of a firm position from
the American Psychiatric Association about racism and racial discrimination.
The
Black Psychiatrists of America heartily endorses the Resolution against Racism and Racial Discrimination as put forward by
the Committee of Black Psychiatrists and the Council of Minority Mental Health and Health Disparities.
Our Programs
COUNCIL
OF ELDERS
George Mallory, M.D., Chair Carl Bell, M.D. Michelle Clark, M.D. Rick G. Dudley, M.D. Ezra
Griffith, M.D. Phyllis Harrison-Ross,
M.D. Milton Hollar, M.D. June Jackson-Christmas, M.D. Billey E.
Jones, M.D. William B. Lawson, M.D., Ph.D. Patricia Newton, M.D., MPH, M.A. Annelle
Primm, M.D. Gilbert Parks, M.D. Altha Stewart, M. D. Lloyd Elam, M.D.
(Ancestor)
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