The award honored Benjamin Rush, whose theories are at the root of the structural racism in psychiatry that the...
American Psychiatric Association Belatedly Removes Award Honoring the Slave-Owning Father of American Psychiatry
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Results for "Scientific Racism"
Would Post-Civil War Black History Have Been Entirely Different Without the Prominent Influence of This Profession?
Equitable treatment for African Americans after the war was thwarted by the racist theories actively promoted by...
On Holocaust Remembrance Day, Human Rights Group Faults Medical Society’s Failure to Note Psychiatrist Masterminds
International Holocaust Remembrance Day is January 27. Psychiatrists’ key role in conceiving and administering mass...
American Psychological Association Apology for Harming People of Color Does Not Go Far Enough, Human Rights Group Says
Psychologists’ history of systemic racism is still ingrained in current practices, which continue to harm and...
Minority Mental Health Month: Time for American Psychiatric Association to Disavow Slave-Owning “Father of Psychiatry”?
The APA still honors the slave owner whose theories set a precedent for the “scientific racism” of later psychiatrists...
Nearly Half of Preschoolers Diagnosed with ADHD Are Prescribed Drugs Before Changes in Managing Their Behavior Are Tried
Prescribing drugs for preschoolers soon after diagnosis of ADHD conflicts with American Academy of Pediatrics...
Congressional Police Reform Must Include Ban on Warrior-Style Police Training, Human Rights Group Says
Warrior-mindset training conditions law enforcement officers to fear the people they serve, putting Blacks at greater...
National Minority Health Month: Good Health Includes Good Mental Health, But Know Your Rights
Because of ingrained racism admitted by American psychiatric and psychological associations, minorities should be...
On Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Human Rights Group Calls for End to Psychological Warrior-style Training of Police
Warrior-type training conditions law enforcement officers to fear the people they serve, putting Blacks at greater...