Previous Events

November 2023

Trauma, a Growing Epidemic in Families:The Necessity of Treatment and Healing

11/16/2023

Traumas are frightening, often life-threatening, or violent events that can happen to any or all members of a family. Trauma can cause traumatic stress responses in family members with consequences that ripple through family relationships and impede optimal family functioning.” (NCTSN,2011) Trauma impacts all levels of family members in different ways. The recent Covid Pandemic and generational trauma that dates to the 1800’s and beyond continues to permeate our families.

Healthcare professionals must examine the root causes of family trauma to be effective in treating, strengthening, and moving families toward healing.

Learning Objectives:

· To define and explain principles of trauma.

· To list and explain the five leading root causes of trauma.

· Participants will be able to explain how the brains are impacted by trauma. (Video)

· To be familiar with the physical and psychological symptoms of trauma.

· To list examples of how trauma impacts individuals and families.

· Be aware of best practice assessment tools, treatment models, and resources when treating families in trauma.

· How to engage traumatized families in therapeutic relationship and move toward healing.

Trainer: Lucy Cannon, Ed.D, LCSW, LICSW, CAADC, MATS, CEO

REGISTER NOW:

Contact Name: Pamela Lee
Contact Email: plee@msm.edu
For more information: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZ0vceyvpjItHt0PreYOE2kEEJCc_pxzdmyi

October 2023

Down Through the Years: Addressing Race-Based,Historical,and Intergenerational Trauma

10/19/2023

Title: Down Through the Years and Still through the Tears: Addressing Race-Based, Historical,and Intergenerational Trauma

Webinar Description: The effect of historical and intergenerational trauma goes deep and wide for many minority groups in the United States. Whether the trauma is recognized openly or tucked deeply into the subconscious, it is often characterized by emotional, physical, and psychological wounds that bleed through generations and across one’s lifespan. This session explores the differences between historical and intergenerational trauma. We consider the “generations-later” mental health effects of African American slavery, the Jewish Holocaust, and the Native American Indian experience. The session will identify adaptive and mitigating reactions to historical and intergenerational trauma, consider how trauma is maintained in families, explore treatment engagement approaches, and promote an awareness of how trauma affects the brain. Participants will consider how a legacy of trauma interacts with current socio-cultural-political stressors and affects contemporary mental health.

Objectives: 1. Identify brain-based adaptive and mitigating reactions to historical and intergenerational trauma (The Biology of Trauma) 2. Recognize how intergenerational trauma is maintained in families and learn treatment engagement approaches for families impacted by traumatic histories 3. Describe how a legacy of historical trauma can interact with current sociocultural political stressors and affect the contemporary mental health of minority group members.

Trainer: LaVerne H. Collins, PhD, NCC, LPC, LCMHC

Time: 1:30pm - 3:00pm

REGISTER NOW:

Contact Name: Pamela Lee
Contact Email: plee@msm.edu
For more information: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYlf-ugpz0rGtGGEG6SK-iks4ssyy0y-VkN

September 2023

Views From the Field: Enhancing Care for Black and African American Health Disparities in Rural Area

9/6/2023

When discussing improving mental health and substance use treatment services for Black and African American (B/AA) communities, those living in rural areas are often overlooked. There is a growing need to enhance the quality of care for B/AA individuals by provider organizations across the nation.

Join us for a powerful roundtable discussion about the impact of social justice concerns, COVID-19, and challenges of providing care in rural communities. As we build on the discoveries from previous focus groups, this event will amplify conversations regarding workforce shortages, accessible technology, and funding limitations, while highlighting solutions and provider recommendations for addressing these disparities.

This event is sponsored by the Morehouse School of Medicine’s African American Behavioral Health Center of Excellence and The National Council for Mental Wellbeing. Victor Armstrong, MSW, National Director of Soul Shop for Black Churches, will moderate the discussion with panelists representatives from:

Bootheel Counseling Services in Sikeston, Missouri
Georgia Pines Community Service Board in Thomasville, Georgia
NC Counts Coalition in Raleigh, North Carolina

Attendees will be able to:

Discuss the current health care disparities of Black and African American populations in rural areas
Increase awareness of challenges regarding access, engagement, recruitment, retention and outcomes for MH and SU providers in rural areas
Identify solutions and strategies for supporting community partnerships to reduce disparities

REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN:

Contact Name: Pamela Lee
Contact Email: Plee@msm.edu
For more information: https://thenationalcouncil-org.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_o-Io3Jp1RYmHjMVBOCeTkA#/registration

August 2023

The Faith and Recovery Community Collaboration Model Training of Trainers

8/29/2023

The African American Behavioral Health Center of Excellence and the Southeast ATTC will host Part II:The Faith and Recovery Community Collaboration Model Training of Trainers

Prerequisite: In order to register for this session, you must have completed Part One on August 15, 2023. There will be a LIMITED NUMBER OF ATTENDEES

Session Description: The Faith and Recovery Community Collaboration Model serves as a roadmap for fostering improved relationship and capacity to help others within the respective communities. In an effort to help provide support to both communities, SATTC is providing a training of trainers in the model to equip participants to extend the reach of faith and recovery communities as they assist people struggling with behavioral health issues. Having attended the foundational six-hour training is a prerequisite for attending the training of trainers.

The learning community training will be virtual:

Participants in this first session will be able to:

Present a ten-minute section of material from the Faith and Recovery Community Collaboration Model
Receive constructive feedback from the model author and peers
Provide feedback to peers who present as well as
Participate in two follow-up support sessions related to implementation of the model and facilitation thereof

Presenter: James Campbell, LPC, LAC, MAC, AADC

Session 1:Time: 9:00am - 12:30PM EST

REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN.

Contact Name: Mrs. Pamela Lee
Contact Email: plee@msm.edu
For more information: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZIuf-yorDMsGtTRRqw_BVSFTfpvS2oIDW6K

Providing Culturally Responsive Care for African American Men

8/17/2023

Providing Culturally Responsive Care for African American Men: Dr. Lawrence Bryant

Time: 1:00pm - 2:30pm EST

About the Presenter:

Dr. Bryant brings a plethora of experiences and knowledge dealing with substance use disorders (SUD), HIV/AIDS prevention and education, diversity, equity and inclusion training, anti-racism training, and sexual orientation education.

Workshop Description:

During this workshop, participants will:

Understand cultural responsiveness
Understanding the meaning of culture and the differences.
Better awareness of disparities that affect racialized groups
Awareness of personal assumptions and biases
Best practices to engaging African American Men
Components of culturally competent care

REGISTER NOW:

Contact Name: Pamela Lee
Contact Email: plee@msm.edu
For more information: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZAkf-yvqDwpEtKxr5DpAdSaA2LYUewGrZxt

The Faith and Recovery Community Collaboration Model

8/15/2023

The African American Behavioral Health Center of Excellence and the Southeast ATTC will host Part I:The Faith and Recovery Community Collaboration Model

Session Description: Although both the faith communities and recovery communities have many similar goals for supporting the health and wellness of those they serve, they have not always historically worked together. At times tensions have arisen and some relationships have even been adversarial in nature. During this time of remarkable need for community support for those struggling with behavioral health issues, however, it is necessary for these communities to collaborate in order to meet the tremendous needs among those we come in contact with. This training provides a rationale for working together, an honest look at some of the points of tension, and (most importantly) a path forward for making a difference in the lives of those who are suffering due to the impact of substance use disorder.

The learning community training will be virtual:

Participants in this first session will be able to:

Verbalize two historical points of tension related to collaboration between faith and recovery communities
Identify five challenges related to collaboration
Describe the current challenge they face in collaboration
Articulate next steps in working together more effectively

Presenter: James Campbell, LPC, LAC, MAC, AADC

Session 1:Time: 9:00am - 4:00pm

REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN.

Contact Name: Mrs. Pamela Lee
Contact Email: plee@msm.edu
For more information: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZcrc--hqjwoH9ch9JG2rQ-ox8Y9c3sbTkoD

Between 2 Worlds - Promoting Mental Health Among Migrating Populations

8/10/2023

Immigrants and refugees represent a distinct health disparity population. This group is disproportionately affected by mental illness and is more susceptible to chronic diseases. Additionally, this underserved population is more likely to be uninsured, to lack access to care, and experience poorer health outcomes from preventable and treatable conditions when compared to their counterparts. This webinar will focus on efforts to address these challenges through on-going academic-community partnerships focusing on the mental health of immigrant and refugee communities in the southeast, with a focus on Georgia.

Presenter: Gilberte Bastien, PhD

Time: 1:00pm - 2:00pm ET

Access Link: https://education.psychiatry.org/URL/product/C2300708

This is a collaborative webinar with the American Psychiatric Association

Contact Name: Mrs. Pamela Lee
Contact Email: plee@msm.edu
For more information: https://education.psychiatry.org/URL/product/C2300708

July 2023

Using History to Make Behavioral Health Services Safer, More Effective, and More Equitable (Part 2)

7/27/2023

Healing History, Part II: Using the Healing History Self-Study and Discussion Guide to Make Services Safer, More Respectful, and More Effective for African Americans

Time: 1:30pm - 3:00pm EST

About the Presenter:

Pamela Woll, MA, CPS is a Chicago-based author, curriculum developer, and consultant dedicated to increasing the resilience and capacity of individuals, families, communities, organizations, and systems of care. Her primary areas of focus include resilience, stress, and trauma; strength- and resilience-based approaches; cultural humility; elimination of health and resource disparities; trauma-informed systems and services; the relationship between stress and chronic physical and behavioral health conditions; public health approaches to behavioral health and wellness; and the strengths and needs of service members, veterans, and their families. An independent consultant, Pam serves as senior consultant to the African American Behavioral Health Center of Excellence (AABH CoE), a project of Morehouse School of Medicine in Atlanta. She is the author of the self-study and discussion guide, Healing History: Where History Meets Behavioral Health Equity for African Americans, among other AABH CoE publications.

Webinar Description:

Healing History is a gentle, non-confrontive exploration of the effects, the burdens, and the unexpected gifts of a painful and destructive history that we cannot disown. In Part II of this webinar series, participants will receive a brief orientation to the Healing History manual, practice using its discussion questions in small-groups, and start a dialogue about how and why behavioral health providers might use this resource to facilitate staff discussion sessions in their work settings. Participants will be able to:

Identify guidelines for holding safe and productive discussions of race, racism, and the effects of history
Complete at least two collections of questions from the Healing History self-study and discussion guide and discuss their answers to those questions in small groups
Identify two potential risks and two potential benefits of using Healing History materials as a staff development tool in their organizations

REGISTER NOW!

Contact Name: Pamela Lee
Contact Email: plee@msm.edu
For more information: https://msm-edu.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJwqdOuqqzMqHNcGBaBmoBd9wwRZwa4koYEe

The Self-Assessment for Modification of Anti-Racism Tool (SMART)

7/26/2023 - 7/26/2023

A national dialogue on systemic racism has been reinvigorated by the highly publicized deaths of several unarmed Black Americans, including George Floyd and Breonna Taylor. In response, the AACP Board considered how to promote concrete, meaningful action to support its membership in measurably addressing structures and policies that promote racism. In this article, literature on existing frameworks aimed at addressing health inequity on the organizational level are reviewed. We introduce the Self-assessment for Modification of Anti-Racism Tool (SMART), a quality improvement tool that aims to meet the AACP's needs in facilitating organizational change in community behavioral healthcare. The AACP SMART's development, components, use, and future directions are described. The AACP SMART builds on prior organizational tools supporting equity work in healthcare, providing a quality improvement tool that incorporates domains specific to structural racism and disparities issues in community behavioral healthcare.

Speakers: Rachel M Talley, MD, Sosunmolu Shoyinka, MD, and Kenneth Minkoff, MD

REGISTER NOW: This is a collaborative webinar with the American Psychiatric Association

CME: 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits ^TM_{will be awarded.}

Contact Name: Pamela Lee
Contact Email: plee@msm.edu
For more information: https://education.psychiatry.org/Public/Catalog/Details.aspx?id=fAVuuhDpr3ghmYcOtgW4aw%3d%3d&returnurl=%2fUsers%2fUserOnlineCourse.aspx%3fLearningActivityID%3dfAVuuhDpr3ghmYcOtgW4aw%253d%253d

Technology Acceptance and the Digital Divide

7/19/2023 - 7/19/2023

Telepsychiatry has been a tool used to provide outreach since around 1957. It’s use expanded as the technology became more user friendly, less expensive, and because of the Covid-19 pandemic. Though this tool can save money and is more available, technology deserts continue to exist. This webinar will explain some of the reasons and remedies.

Speaker: Iverson Bell, MD

REGISTER NOW: This is a collaborative webinar with the American Psychiatric Association

1.0 CME credit will be awarded.

Contact Name: Pamela Lee
Contact Email: plee@msm.edu
For more information: https://education.psychiatry.org/Users/LearningActivityInformation.aspx?LearningActivityID=H77XJu5lnYBZkyvvxYvnKg%3d%3d

Black & Blue: The Intersection of Mental Health, Policing, and Race In A Crisis Response Speakers:

7/18/2023

In 1900s, police were involved in enforcing racial segregation and suppressing the civil rights of Black Americans. In modern times, Black people are imprisoned at five times the rate of whites and are three times more likely than whites to be killed by police. Over the years, responding to mental health crises and addressing social and mental health issues has been placed under the purview of law enforcement. Police have also become the gatekeepers of the largest mental health facilities in the US, correctional institutions. Black parents have “The Talk” with their children to prepare them for police encounters. The Talk requires the party to have logical thoughts and be able to follow directives. Nearly 20 percent of fatal shootings involve someone who has mental health problems. When you add irrational thought and dysregulated behaviors and historical race based tensions, the result is a culture of unarmed Black individuals facing high risk of harm or death when in a mental health crisis.

Speakers: Dionne Hart, MD, Matthew Goldman, MD, MS, and Taun Hall

The presenters (psychiatrist Dr. Dionne Hart and former New Haven, CT Chief of Police Anthony Campbell) will describe how their identities as both Black and members of law enforcement give them unique insights into the intersection of mental health, policing, and race in a crisis response.

REGISTER NOW: This is a collaborative webinar with the American Psychiatric Association

1.0 CEU credits will be awarded

Using History to Make Behavioral Health Services Safer, More Effective, and More Equitable (Part 1)

7/13/2023

Healing History, Part I: Using the History of African Americans as an Instrument of Healing

Time: 1:30pm - 3:00pm EST

About the Presenter:

Webinar Description:

In 2001 the African American Behavioral Health Center of Excellence published the self-study and discussion guide, Healing History: Where History Meets Behavioral Health Equity for African Americans. In Part I of this webinar series, author Pamela Woll, MA, CPS will facilitate a discussion of the effects of history on African Americans and how the burdens and gifts of history might be used in service of healing and recovery. After this session, participants will be able to identify:

Three ways the effects of history are passed through the generations
Challenges associated with talking about race, racism, and/or the effects of history in the behavioral health field
Safety measures that can make these discussions safe and respectful to all
Potential benefits and risks of studying American history as it relates to African Americans
Four burdens that our history has placed on African Americans, and ways of addressing those burdens in our work
Four strengths that African Americans have developed throughout history, and how we in the field might use those strengths to uplift the people we serve.

“Continuing Nursing Education: CNE

The University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Nursing and Health Studies is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.

This live activity offers 1.5 contact hours for nurses.

Certified Health Education Specialist: CHES?

Sponsored by the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Nursing and Health Studies, a designated provider of continuing education contact hours (CECH) in health education by the National Commission for Health Education Credentialing, Inc. This activity is designated for Certified Health Education Specialists (CHES) to receive up to 1.5 total Category I continuing education contact hours for this live webinar. “

REGISTER NOW.

Contact Name: Pamela Lee
Contact Email: plee@msm.edu
For more information: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZIvduqprzwqHdWmUXDM8KRaYDM8_pE8LOzI

June 2023

12 Ways Racial Trauma Complicates Your Work with African Americans

6/27/2023

12 Ways Racial Trauma Complicates Your Work with African Americans will be facilitated by Ms. Pamela Woll, MA, CPS.

Time: 1:30pm - 3:00pm EST

About the Presenter:

Webinar Description:

This participatory webinar explores 12 ways in which an individual’s experience of racial trauma can make it harder for staff to engage clients and understand their challenges and symptoms, create safety, and contribute to their healing and recovery. After this session, participants will be able to identify and discuss:

The definition of “racial trauma” and six common sources of racial trauma
Four core psychological wounds, three health challenges, and three vulnerabilities resulting from racial trauma
Three ways racial trauma affects treatment and recovery support processes
Positive steps that the behavioral health field can take to address racial trauma

REGISTER NOW:

Contact Name: Pamela Lee
Contact Email: plee@msm.edu
For more information: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZMkdOCopzojGtaJM-NdZLvNmNa9Nun6guxV

Advancing Racial Equity in Substance Use Field: Part 2

6/15/2023

Please join the AABH-COE and the Southeast ATTC for this dynamic collaborative learning community.

This is Part 2 of Advancing Racial Equity in Substance Use Field

In this training, we will focus on: Reviewing baseline language to ground us in a shared understanding of diversy, equity and inclusion (DEI) issue, Exploring equity data on the impact of DEI issues on health care access, experiences, and outcomes Unpacking myths about DEI and those impacted by these issues Reviewing situational examples and their implications for opioid, stimulant, and substance use disorders.

This learning community will be hosted on:

Part 1: June 8, 2023 : 1:00 - 2:30pm EST

Part 2: June 15, 2023: 1:00 - 2:30pm EST

Register Now:

Contact Name: Kaneisha Gaston
Contact Email: kgaston@msm.edu
For more information: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZEvcuqgqj8uG9Ykw_ZxJwPapldfvX6xi5Jf

Advancing Racial Equity in Substance Use Field

6/8/2023 - 6/15/2023

Please join the AABH-COE and the Southeast ATTC for this dynamic collaborative learning community.

This learning community will be hosted on:

June 8, 2023 : 1:00 - 2:30pm EST

June 15, 2023: 1:00 - 2:30pm EST

REGISTER NOW:

Contact Name: Kaneisha Gaston
Contact Email: kgaston@msm.edu
For more information: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZEvcuqgqj8uG9Ykw_ZxJwPapldfvX6xi5Jf

May 2023

Addressing the Mental Health Needs of African American LGBTQ+ Men

5/31/2023

The African American Behavioral Health Center of Excellence and the LGBTQ+ Behavioral Health Equity Center of Excellence presents:

Addressing the Mental Health Needs of African American LGBTQ+ Men

This webinar will be facilitated by Dr. Lawrence Bryant a subject matter expert in working with the LGBTQ+ men. During this webinar Dr. Bryantl will be addressing the mental health needs of African American LBGTQ+ Men and how to better serve these needs.

Join us for this dynamic webinar by registering now:

Contact Name: Pamela Lee
Contact Email: plee@msm.edu
For more information: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZUkcu6hqjgsHtRozfqMAVjvTNfiAVmZPE_C

Food for Thought: Enriching Food Ways in the African American Communities:

5/17/2023 - 5/17/2023

This webinar is being presented by Nzali Scales to discuss the intersection of food, history and culture. And the impact of food insecurities and the social determinants of health (SDOH) on African Americans mental health.

Time: 1:30pm - 3:00pm EST

REGISTER NOW!

Contact Name: Pamela Lee
Contact Email: plee@msm.edu
For more information: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZEkceCpqDMjGtNFDO8eeoF5nFHERcI_Ki8O

August 2022

“But Why Though?”: The Marginalization of Black Americans in Children’s Media

8/11/2022 - 8/11/2022

Time: 12:00 - 1:00 pm Eastern

Description:

Over the years, Disney movies have continued to present trends in which Black characters lack evolution and development that mirror the current society. Throughout this presentation the movies: Soul, Prince and the Frog, and Spies in Disguise will be utilized as examples of this phenomenon since all three movies have “Black” lead characters, but in reality, they spend most of the film in another form. In addition, this presentation will also focus on how the villains in Disney films often have darker features that have been equated to negative connotations such as “evil, bad”. This notion is witnessed in the Clark Doll Study’s results which showed children identifying dark skinned dolls as “bad” and later self-identifying with the dolls (Clark 1941). The study was replicated by CNN “AC360” in 2010 which highlights the continued stereotypical viewpoints of colorism and how it is developed at a young age (Cooper 2010).

Access link: https://education.psychiatry.org/diweb/catalog/item?id=10877964

Contact Email: info@africanamericanbehavioralhealth.org

Professional Advocacy Through a Health Equity Lens

8/5/2022 - 8/5/2022

Presenter: Steven Starks, MD

Time: 12:00 - 1:00 pm Eastern

Description:

This webinar will review the history of mental health policies and their roots in inequality and racial discrimination.? Modern-day approaches to equity in mental health must confront this past and support reforms to address barriers for racialized and minoritized communities.

Access link: https://education.psychiatry.org/diweb/catalog/item?id=10879710

Contact Email: info@africanamericanbehavioralhealth.org

July 2022

The Traumatic Impact of Supreme Court Rulings on the Mental Health of Marginalized Populations

7/22/2022

Description:

Recent Supreme Court rulings have served to highlight the court’s long-standing effect on the lives of marginalized peoples. These rulings are only part of the court’s larger history of systemic injustice that disproportionately affects minority communities, and yet is rarely considered in the day-to-day practice of working with people seeking mental health services.

Contact Email: info@africanamericanbehavioralhealth.org

Can We Talk?: Issues and Trends in the Black Gay Community

7/13/2022 - 7/13/2022

Presenter: Dr. Lawrence Bryant

Time: 1:30 - 3:00 PM

Objectives for the Panel Discussion:

1) Discuss issues related to bisexuality in the Black Gay Community

2) Explore health-related issues among transgender people

3) Examine issues related to HIV/AIDS among Black gay men

4) Examine issues related to the economics of HIV in the black gay community

5) Describe issues related to service providers in the LGBTQ+ community.

Contact Email: info@africanamericanbehavioralhealth.org

June 2022

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion: Another Look!

6/29/2022

Diversity & inclusion recognizes that diversity alone is not enough; equal attention must be given to creating and cultivating an inclusive and equitable environment. This workshop provides realistic and practical strategies for creating an inclusive, respectful, and anti-racist workplace and addresses some of our biggest challenges in promoting these strategies.

Objectives:

Review and define terms related to diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI).
Describe the importance of integrating DEI into organizations.
Outline the meaning of DEI for approaching SUD and OUD prevention, treatment, and recovery.
Analyze myths and misconceptions around DEI.
Examine the role of cultural humility in self-assessment
Analyze the intersection and impact of structural and systemic racism
Language matters in SUD treatment and recovery.

Contact Email: info@africanamericanbehavioralhealth.org

Understanding the Impact of Racism on Psychosis for Black Americans

6/16/2022 - 6/16/2022

Presenter: Beshaun Davis, PhD

Time: 12:00 - 1:00 PM

Description: This webinar will focus on understanding the impact of structural, institutional, and interpersonal racism on etiology, diagnosis, engagement with services, pathways to care, and long-term outcomes for Black Americans with psychosis. Attendees will understand the enduring impact of racism on services for Black consumers with psychosis and preliminary work on solutions to better meet the needs of Black consumers and their families.

Learning Objectives:

Discuss reflect on theimpact of structural and institutional racism on the prodromal phase of psychosis and pathways to care
Develop a deeper understanding of barriers to engaging clients of color in FEP care, and
Implement novel approaches to improving engagement and outcomes for clients of color.

Contact Email: info@africanamericanbehavioralhealth.org

May 2022

Advancing Maternal Health Equity: Delivering Solutions through Research, Community, Practice and Pol

5/11/2022

Presenter: Natalie Hernandez, PhD, MPH

Time: 1:30 - 3:00 pm EST

This talk will discuss the current state of Black maternal health. This talk will highlight the role of a historically Black medical school in its fight for maternal health justice. The presentation will highlight the work of the Center for Maternal Health Equity at Morehouse School of Medicine in pursuing equity through interdisciplinary translational research, inter-professional training, outreach, education, and community engagement, policy and advocacy, and respectful health care. The presentation will feature specific projects from MSM investigators that are addressing maternal health inequities.

Objectives:

Describe clinical and non-clinical implications and determinants of inadequate maternal care;
Evaluate community needs that can be addressed to reduce maternal health inequities; and
Identify maternal health, clinical, and community care innovations.

Location: Virtual
Contact Email: info@africanamericanbehavioralhealth.org

April 2022

The Shades of Justice: Blue, Brown, Black, Green

4/29/2022

Presenter: Dionne Hart, MD

The presentation will explore the laws and societal movements that led to America’s status as the world’s number one jailer. The webinar will describe the racial, gender and health care disparities within correctional facilities and the policies and politics that reinforce them. Finally, the presentation will explore barriers to successful community reentry.

Learning Objectives:

Identify the overrepresentation of minorities involved with the criminal justice systems and individuals living with mental health disorders.
Assess polices that demonstrate how we undervalue individuals involved with the criminal justice system.
Mitigate the barriers to reentry and the social determinants of health and stigma.

Access Link: https://education.psychiatry.org/diweb/catalog/item?id=9263283

Location: Virtual
Contact Email: info@africanamericanbehavioralhealth.org

Who Gets Left Out? Racial Inequities in Mental Health Diagnosis and Treatment

4/21/2022

Presenters: Michelle Durham, MD, MPH & Christine Crawford, MD, MPH

There are mental health diagnoses where evidence suggest there is little or no difference in incidence, yet Black people and other people of color are not being diagnosed or treated for these mental health conditions. Assessment, diagnosis, and treatment is complicated by clinician bias, racism, discrimination. Clinicians must recognize their own biases and the history of unequal treatment to provide an accurate diagnostic evaluation to improve treatment of Black people and other people of color.

Learning Objectives:

Understand the historical context and structural racism in mental health diagnosis and treatment
Identify examples of bias and racism in common mental health diagnosis
Discuss strategies to reduce bias and racism in mental health diagnosis and treatment

Access Link: https://education.psychiatry.org/diweb/catalog/item?id=9249804

Location: Virtual
Contact Email: info@africanamericanbehavioralhealth.org

No More Secrets: Shedding Light on Eating Disorders in the African American Community

4/20/2022

Speaker: Rachel W. Goode, PhD, MPH, LCSW

Eating disorders were historically believed to be a concern of affluent, young, White women. New emerging evidence indicates that disordered eating is also present among African American and/or Black individuals. Due to lack of training, however, identifying disordered eating in this population may be challenging for providers.

This webinar provides an overview of disordered eating in African Americans, examines culturally-relevant questions to guide assessments of eating behaviors, and reports on emerging trends in the application of established treatments for this population. After viewing this webinar, you will be able to:

Identify factors that may influence the development of disordered eating in African Americans.
Describe culturally relevant questions that may better detect the presence of disordered eating in clinical assessments with African Americans.
Describe evidence-based and culturally informed treatments for eating disorders in African Americans.

Contact Name: info@africanamericanbehavioralhealth.org

March 2022

Diversity Inclusion Project Showcase (DIPS for Dollars)

3/30/2022 - 3/31/2022

Join us for a virtual, two-day webinar series to provide information about service, loan repayment, and fellowship opportunities for HBCU students and Black American practitioners in behavioral health fields.

Day One: Federal agencies will showcase their loan repayment and service opportunities for behavioral health students and professionals. Several programs will be featured including the National Institute of Health, U.S. Health Resources & Services Administration, Indian Health Service, and the U.S. Public Health Service.

Day Two: On day two, SAMHSA Minority Fellowship Program (MFP) grantees will showcase their programs i the areas of counseling, marriage and family therapy, psychology, nursing, psychiatry, and social work. Additionally, MFP Fellows will share their success stories in a moderated panel discussion.

Recordings of this event will be available on the AABH-CoE website soon!

Contact Name: info@africanamericanbehavioralhealth.org

January 2022

Creating a Healing Forest: The Entire African American Community as the Recovery Center

1/19/2022

Presenter: Mark Sanders, LCSW, CADC.

Time: 1:30 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. (EST)

Upon discharge from residential treatment or release from incarceration, many African Americans seeking recovery, often return to communities where there is easy access to drugs, a drug using peer group and family, high unemployment and communities in despair. This increases the risk of a return to drug use. In this presentation you will learn a paradigm shift which will enable you to view the entire African American community as the recovery center. Topics covered includes: how to create "A healing forest" to promote recovery in African American Communities; how to shift from the acute care model of addictions treatment towards a recovery oriented system of care anchored in the natural environment; the use of ROSC Councils to promote recovery, the role of families, persons in long term recovery; nurses, doctors, faith based and business communities in promoting recovery in African American Communities; how to mobilize the entire community to promote recovery. Examples will be drawn from African American, rural, metropolitan, and Native American Communities.

OBJECTIVES: by the end of this presentation participants will:

Be able to articulate the limitations of the acute care model of addictions treatment.
Be able to view the entire African American community as the recovery center
Have a working knowledge of how to mobilize an entire community to promote recovery
Be able to create recovery-oriented systems of care council (ROSC) in African American Communities.
Leave with "healing forest" examples drawn from African American, rural, metropolitan and Native American Communities.

Contact Email: info@africanamericanbehavioralhealth.org

December 2021

How Alcoholism, Grief, & Loss Impact African American Families: Treatment, Interventions & Resources

12/7/2021

Presenter: Lucy R. Cannon, Ed.D, LCSW, LICSW, CCDP-D, MATS

Time: 1:30 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.

Alcoholism in America is on the rise since the COVID-19 Pandemic that has led to high rates of death especially in African American communities. Grief and loss in African American families is not uncommon in the United States.

"There are many factors that contribute to the grief process that African Americans experience that is oftentimes different from Caucasians and other races. Alcoholism and grief have a relationship with each other and healthcare professionals must have the necessary skills needed to meet the needs of African Americans and other minorities who are self-medicating with alcohol to rid themselves of the pain of losing a love one. Their grief and losses are caused by many factors to include; losses to homicides, a diminished lifespan, a history of sociological disadvantages, poverty, racism, oppression, police brutality, civil injustices, incarceration, and drug and alcohol abuse" (Jordan).

Which comes first, is it alcohol, grief, or both? It is difficult to answer this question because it depends on the individual’s life experiences and cultural influences. Alcohol like other drugs, is used to help individuals manage or escape with the pain of grieving the death of a loved one. This workshop will focus on the following;

Goals and Objectives

To explain the relationship between grief and alcoholism and how African Americans are impacted.
To develop an understanding clinically, of how grief effect individuals with an alcohol use disorder from emotional, mental, and physical perspectives.
To identify specific features African Americans commonly experience during their stages of grief.
Recommended culturally sensitive treatment models and resources that are needed to effectively treat alcoholism and grief problems in African American families.

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Contact Email: info@africanamericanbehavioralhealth.org

October 2021

Racism is an Addiction. Racism is Trauma. How Do We Use Existing Skills & Knowledge to Drive Equity?

10/20/2021

Presenter: Nzinga Harrison, M.D., FASAM

Description: Often, individuals and systems feel overwhelmed at the magnitude of the problem of racism, with a sense of not knowing what to do. As behavioral health clinicians, administrators and executives, we have a unique skillset that has prepared us to impact health disparities experienced by Black communities by driving ourselves, programs, organizations and systems towards equity in behavioral health services. This webinar will conceptualize racism as an addiction and trauma, and posit discreet interventions used in addiction treatment and trauma-informed systems that can be applied to health equity work in the behavioral health space.

Learning Objectives: Upon completion of this seminar, participants will be able to:
1. Describe the parallels between racism and addiction
2. Understand racim as a trauma
3. Understand the impact of racism on health
4. Apply evidence-based strategies from addiction treatement and trauma-informed care to mitigate the effects of racism on health and healthcare
5. Initiate conversations about racism and health

Contact Email: info@africanamericanbehavioralhealth.org

September 2021

Returning Race to the Clinical Dialogue: Maximizing use of Ethnoracial Demographics in Clinical Care

9/27/2021

Time: 12:00 - 1:00 PM ET

Presenter: Constance E. Dunlap, MD, DFAPA

Description: Just as we have begun to acknowledge the role, relevance, and reality of racial bias and racism and their impact on clinical care, medical students, residents and fellows are being encouraged to omit racial demographics in oral and written clinical reports. This is ostensibly done to prevent biased medical decisions and compromised medical treatment. However, omission of rich identifying information and avoidance of the topic has the paradoxical effect of reinforcing unconscious bias and comprising clinical care. What is not acknowledged is not examined. Furthermore, silent disregard of ethnoracial data carries the risk of devaluing clinical material that conveys rich cultural history, healthy coping mechanisms, and sources of support that help us to understand how a patient navigates a world shaped by race and racism. Avoidance of race does not promote better treatment. Elimination of bias and racism in clinical practice begins with the ability to speak honestly and forthrightly about a patient’s identity. This is best achieved by having a conversation about race with the patient, not simply about the patient.

Contact Email: info@africanamericanbehavioralhealth.org

Microagressions and Strategies to Overcome Prejudice

9/24/2021

Time: 3:00 - 4:30 pm EST

Presenters: Ranna Parekh, MD, MPH, Ed W. Childs, MD, and Ms. Nikita Nautiyal

Access Link: https://education.psychiatry.org/diweb/catalog/item?id=8305144

Description: The presenters begin with the historical origins of microaggressions as well as current definitions such as microassault, microinsult and microinvalidation. There will be a discussion of studies demonstrating the mental and physical health consequences of a lifetime burden of these experiences. The presentation concludes with individual and institutional strategies to overcome prejudice. Throughout the presentation, there will be personal stories and examples in everyday life and healthcare.

Contact Email: info@africanamericanbehavioralhealth.org

Social (In) Justice and Black Children's Mental Health

9/22/2021

Time: 1:30 - 3:00 pm EST

Presenter: Dr. Sarah Vinson, M.D., F.A.P.A

Description: Social (In)justice shapes development while driving both mental illness and mental health inequities in youth. Just as children and adolescents' personal and family history is needed in order to understand and then address mental health symptoms, those who serve black youth also must learn (or, more accurately, relearn) our society’s history and structural injustices to effectively transform its systems. Substantial progress toward mental health equity will not come overnight or without struggle, but in the absence of knowledge about social injustice, it certainly will not come at all.

Objectives:

Identify the relevance of social justice in children's mental health in order to re-examine psychological development, health and illness in the context of U.S. society
Discuss the impact of social hierarchies on diagnostic processes and classifications in order to better serve and support black youth
Self-evaluate the concept of social justice advocacy in order to identify action steps that can be taken to advance justice and, in turn, black youth mental health.

Contact Email: info@africanamericanbehavioralhealth.org

Increasing Access: Evidence-Based Interventions for Mental Disorders in Underserved Communities

9/15/2021

Title: Increasing Access to Evidence-Based Interventions for Common Mental Disorders in Underserved Communities

Time: 12:00 - 1:00 pm ET

Presenter: Theddeus Iheanacho, MBBS, DTM&H

Access Link: https://education.psychiatry.org/diweb/catalog/item?id=8283759

Description: This webinar will describe effective strategies from Low- and Middle-Income Countries (LMICs) for increasing access to care in low resource settings and how these strategies can be adapted to similar setting in the United States. The practices that evidence has proven will be outlined to discuss approaches that can be applied in Low and Middle Income African American communities.

Contact Email: info@africanamericanbehavioralhealth.org

Advancing Black LGBTQ+ Behavioral Health: Contemporary Approaches to Understanding & Uprooting

9/14/2021

Title: Advancing Black LGBTQ+ Behavioral Health: Contemporary Approache to Understanding & Uprooting Intersectional Stigma to Promote Wellness

Presenter: Skyler Jackson (He/Him)

Center of Excellence on LGBTQ+ Behavioral Health Equity, in partnership with the African American Behavioral Health Center of Excellence.

Description: Accumulating research suggests that multiple, interlocking forms of stigma-related stress (e.g., racism, homophobia, transphobia) drive and maintain behavioral health disparities among Black LGBTQ individuals. Despite this knowledge, most research and clinical interventions related to stigma-related stress focus on one type of stigma (e.g., racism) in isolation from others (e.g., homophobia, transphobia). Intersectionality provides a framework to help researchers and clinicians better understand the multi-dimensional experiences of Black LGBTQ people, but the application of intersectionality to such empirical and clinical efforts remains in its infancy. To address this gap, this webinar includes emerging efforts to better understand and intervene upon links between intersectional stigma and aspects of behavioral health (e.g., mental health, HIV risk) among Black LGBTQ individuals. Delivered by Dr. Skyler Jackson (he/him), this presentation will (a) feature novel experience sampling research illuminating how daily events related to both one’s race and sexual orientation (i.e., intersectional experiences) are associated with day-to-day changes in Black sexual minorities’ psychological well-being and (b) overview recent clinical efforts to develop and test a group-based treatment to address intersectional stigma, mental health, and HIV risk among young gay and bisexual men of color. Future directions, including the applicability of results to clinical, community, and policy-level interventions will be discussed.

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Black Mental Health During the COVID-19 Pandemic - What Doe the Data Say?

9/14/2021

Time: 6:00 - 7:00 pm ET

Presenter: Rashon Lane, PhD

Access Link: https://education.psychiatry.org/diweb/catalog/item/eid/C2100717

Description: This webinar will provide an epidemiological and sociological overview of adverse mental health and substance use amid the COVID-19 Pandemic among Black Americans. Dr. Rashon Lane from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will h ighlight recent studies that describe the state of mental health amid the COVID-19 pandemic. She will also describe the social and structural factors that exacerbate mental health for Black individuals during the pandemic. Additionally, trends in US emergncy department visits for mental health and outcomes before and during the COVID-19 pandemic will be shared.

Contact Email: info@africanamericanbehavioralhealth.org

Black Minds Matter 2! Learning through the Lens of an African American Family Member

9/8/2021

Time: 12:00 - 1:00 pm ET

Presenter: Gigi R. Crowder, L.E,

Access Link: https://education.psychiatry.org/diweb/catalog/item/eid/C2100715

Description: Do you know what factors have an impact on an African American's mental health? Although the black lived experiences vary, shared cultural factors have a significant role in mental health amongst the demographic. This webnar will offer attendees a better understanding of what is needed to improve mental health services for African Americans. The presenter will provide culturally responsive approaches, community defined strategies and recommendations for care based on studies she has compiled and lead. She will share useful advocacy tools and skills needed for providers to partner with families living with our supporting a loved one impacted by mental illness.

Contact Email: info@africanamericanbehavioralhealth.org

August 2021

Pursuing Racial Equity in Mental Health Care: Laying the Foundation for Organizational Readiness

8/25/2021

Time: 1:30 PM EST

Presenter: Dr. Nzinga Harrison

Description: Often, motivated by sentinel events, organizations move directly to implementing individual equity initiatives, without first grounding the work in the organizational readiness and cultural change that is necessary to support longevity of such initiatives. Each learner will leave this hands-on seminar with an understanding of concepts, concrete tools, processes and strategies that will enable them to contribute to cultural change management and development of sustainable initiatives to address race and identity inequity and health disparities in their workplace.

Learning Objectives: Upon completion of this seminar, participants will be able to:
1. Understand existing data that reflects workforce inequity and health
disparities in black communities
2. Utilize data to identify inequity and resultant opportunities for
improvement
3. Utilize a standardized tool to raise organizational awareness of staff
competencies and organizational operations
4. Describe the ADKAR model of organizational change
5. Apply data analysis, organizational awareness assessment results and
the ADKAR model to the development of an organizational action plan
towards equity

Registration link: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZMtfu-orDksG9WtYGUuBDAU7sMpfa4Uga3E

Contact Email: info@africanamericanbehavioralhealth.org

Challenging Racial Violence in Mental Health Encounters

8/20/2021

Time: 12:00 PM EST

Presenter(s): Dr. Paul Maitland-McKinley, Dr. David Nagarkatti-Gude, & Dr. Karina Espana

Description: Within the past year we have seen Psychiatry begin taking on the challenge of dismantling systems that perpetuate structural racism within our own field. As care providers, we are increasingly asked to use our power to negotiate the balance between nonmaleficence and clinical judgment. This webinar will look at specific examples of how racial disparities and other racialized violence can manifest while delivering mental health care. Audience response will be used to practice recognizing and intervening in challenging situations which put both patient and provider well-being in jeopardy. During these exercises we will introduce tools that can assist in enhancing the precarious yet essential work of implementing antiracist practices in the workplace.

Access link: https://education.psychiatry.org/diweb/catalog/item?id=8236245

Contact Email: info@africanamericanbehavioralhealth.org

How Did We End Up Here? Racism & the Root Cause of Mental Health Disparities

8/19/2021

Time: 6:00 PM EST

Presenters: Drs. Lara Cox and Akeem Marsh

Description: This webinar provides a context for current racial disparities in mental health and mental health care by summarizing the history of racism in medicine and psychiatry. It also reviews the source of so-called risk factors that disproportionately affect communities of color. Psychiatrists will understand the influence of biases and be encouraged to examine their role in both the field of psychiatry and their own clinical practice. Also discussed are skills for engaging with patients on issues of race and racism in a realistic, respectful way.

Access link: https://education.psychiatry.org/diweb/catalog/item?id=8237041

From Drapetomania to Schizophrenia: Systemic Racism, Psychiatry, and Potential Solutions

8/10/2021

Time: 12:00 PM EST

Presenter: Dr. Danielle Hairston

All racism is not overt. Social determinants of health and health disparities are rooted in systemic racism and have a historical context. These inequities and multi-level racism have and continue to impact the mental health of Black Americans and other black, indigenous, and other people of color dermographias. Mental health in this country for African Americans, is influenced by historic, economic, educational, and social barriers. This webinar is grounded in principles of race equity and social justice, and will address the role of power and privilege in perpetuating mental health inequities. This course aims to identify the focus of institutional-level interventions that would be expected to improve racial inequities in psychiatric care. The need for changing traditional structures and culture to those that promote race equity will be a focus of this discussion.

Access link: https://education.psychiatry.org/diweb/catalog/item?id=8229974

Contact Email: info@africanamericanbehavioralhealth.org

(SMART) The Self-Assessment for Modification of Anti-Racism Tool

8/6/2021

Time: 3:00pm ET

Presenters: Dr. Rachel Talley, Dr. Sosunmolu Shoyinka, & Dr. Kenneth Minkoff

This webinar will present the American Association for Community Psychiatry's Self-Assessment for Modification of Anti-Racism Tool (SMART). SMART was specifically designed to help behavioral health services organizations design and implement data driven quality improvement activities to address the impact of structural racism inside their organization. It addresses key areas such as organizational culture, hiring and recruitment, service delivery, community impact, and data/evaluation. Participants will learn about how the tool was developed, receive instructions on how to use it, and will be able to immediately use the tool to begin to address racism in their own organizations. In response to a reinvigorated national dialogue around structural racism, the American Association for Community Psychiatry (AACP) aimed to create a tool or roadmap that would support community mental health providers in addressing issues of disparity and inequity. The Self-Assessment for Modification of Anti-Racism Tool (SMART) is a quality improvement tool that aims to guide community health providers through a stepwise, concrete quality improvement process. SMART extends beyond issues of cultural competency and linguistic appropriateness to address structural issues of specific relevance to community mental health based on existing literature. In this webinar, we will review the development and content of SMART, and will guide attendees through the process of implementing this new tool in community mental health settings.

Access link: https://education.psychiatry.org/diweb/catalog/item?id=8214839

Contact Email: info@africanamericanbehavioralhealth.org
For more information: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34023974/

July 2021

Understanding African American Female Mental Health

7/29/2021

The Striving for Excellence Series: Addressing Mental Health Disparities Among African Americans/Blacks Through Patient Care presented by APA and Morehouse School of Medicine’s African American Behavioral Health Center of Excellence continues! On Thursday, July 29, at 6:00pm ET tune in to view the Understanding African American Female Mental Health webinar hosted by Lauren Carson, founder of Black Girls Smile. Register for the free event today and check out the upcominglive sessions on the website.

Access link to webinar recording: https://education.psychiatry.org/diweb/catalog/item?id=8233800

Contact Email: info@africanamericanbehavioralhealth.org

(SMART) The Self-Assessment for Modification of Anti-Racism Tool

7/21/2021

Registration link: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZwsdO6srTorGtK2-37FklpM978GQCOU36RK

Time: 1:00 PM

Presenter(s): Dr. Rachel Talley, Dr. Sosunmolu Shoyinka, & Dr. Kenneth Minkoff

In response to a reinvigorated national dialogue around structural racism, the American Association for Community Psychiatry (AACP) aimed to create a tool or roadmap for community behavioral health providers that would:

provide metrics specific to disparity and inequity issues in community behavioral health.
extend beyond cultural competency and linguistic appropriateness to incorporate structural inequity
promote a stepwise, concrete quality improvement process that could be adapted for self-directed use in community behavioral health settings.

Here, we introduce the Self-assessment for Modification of Anti-Racism Tool (SMART), a quality improvement tool that aims to meet the AACP’s needs in facilitating organizational change in community behavioral healthcare. In this session, we will review previously described health inequity frameworks, highlighting their strengths and their limitations as relates to addressing structural racism in community behavioral health practice.

We will then introduce the key components of the SMART, describing our process in developing this organizational tool based on key inequity issues that are most relevant to community mental health practice. Lastly, we will use a case example to illustrate the process for using the SMART, and describe future directions for piloting this framework.

Contact Email: info@africanamericanbehavioralhealth.org
For more information: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34023974/

Psychological Impact of Racism

7/13/2021

Time: 6:30pm EST

The murder of George Floyd and other high-profile acts of police brutality have sparked a national dialogue about the psychological impacts of racism. In this webinar Dr. Kevin Cokely provides a brief overview of America's history of racism. He discusses how police brutality has prompted Black families to have difficult conversations with their children about racism, the impact that racism has on Black Americans' mental health, and how racism should be conceptualized as psychological trauma. Strategies for coping with racism are provided along with strategies to promote social justice.

At the end of this educational activity, the learner will be able to:

Describe historical and contemporary examples of racism against BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, People of Color) communities.
Discuss how racism is a traumatic stressor and the negative psychological and physical impacts of racism.
Identify examples of maladaptive and adaptive coping and strategies to promote social justice.

Access link to webinar recording: https://education.psychiatry.org/diweb/catalog/item?id=8204689

The APA designates this live activity for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit ^TM. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

The American Psychiatry Association (APA) is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (AACME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Location: https://education.psychiatry.org/diweb/catalog/item?id=6715890
Contact Email: info@africanamericanbehavioralhealth.org

May 2021

Health Disparities Among Black Gay Men at the Intersection of Race and Substance Use Disorders (SUD)

5/19/2021

Dr. Lawrence Bryant examines the impact of health disparities at the intersection of substance use disorders (SUD) and race, among Black gay men. In a community already struggling to find resources, the combined burden of HIV and substance use disorders can be devastating. By bringing awareness to this subject, we can begin to shift attention to meet the needs of an oftentimes overlooked community.

Public health departments, stakeholders, and community-based organizations have novel opportunities to engage specific populations with mechanisms that prioritize value and emphasize impact. This interactive presentation will provide evidence-based research findings and rich discussion to raise awareness of this public health threat among Black gay men.

Objectives

Understand unique circumstances of black gay men with SUD
Operationalize best practices among public health professionals to more accurately meet the needs of this population
Disseminate lessons learned with interested parties and continue identify gaps that may arise.

Contact Email: info@africanamericanbehavioralhealth.org
For more information: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZUpc-qsqz4rHdIFg9ALy9seBP1UlB1vEqrr

April 2021

Cultural & Clinical Factors Affecting Health of BIPOC, Queer & Trans, & Communities w/Disabilities

4/21/2021

Dr. Nzinga Harrison uses a mix of didactic, audience response, and interactive personal introspection exercises with the goal of pushing healthcare staff to identify personal, programmatic, systemic, and policy factors that contribute to health disparities seen in Black communities. The workshop presents evidence-based strategies for addressing those factors.

Contact Email: info@africanamericanbehavioralhealth.org

March 2021

Structural Racism and Black Mental Health

3/5/2021

Dr. Vinson explores the historical and contemporary context of structural racism and its role in the social determinants of health, and identifies steps we can take to identify and address the associated behavioral health challenges.

Contact Email: info@africanamericanbehavioralhealth.org