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Training Psychologists to Address Social Determinants of Mental Health

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Woods-Jaeger, B; Cho, B; Briggs, EC
Published in: Training and Education in Professional Psychology
January 1, 2020

Social determinants of health, such as poverty, lower parental education, parental unemployment, and racism, are critical but often overlooked factors that contribute to racial inequities in mental health. The effects of social determinants on mental health persist despite positive intentions of individual professionals within psychology. A new approach is required to address mental health inequities by training psychologists to understand how power, privilege, and oppression relate to racial disparities in mental health. Currently, many psychology training programs do not provide instruction related to the social determinants of mental health. We advocate for a shift in the paradigm of psychology training programs to prepare psychologists to address social determinants of mental health. We present 2 approaches to support this shift in psychology training programs-cultural humility and community-based participatory research-and describe concrete examples of how these approaches can facilitate psychologists' active involvement in disrupting mental health inequities.

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Training and Education in Professional Psychology

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1931-3918

Publication Date

January 1, 2020

Related Subject Headings

  • Clinical Psychology
  • 5203 Clinical and health psychology
  • 5201 Applied and developmental psychology
  • 1701 Psychology
  • 1303 Specialist Studies in Education
  • 1302 Curriculum and Pedagogy
 

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Woods-Jaeger, B., Cho, B., & Briggs, E. C. (2020). Training Psychologists to Address Social Determinants of Mental Health. Training and Education in Professional Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1037/tep0000307
Woods-Jaeger, B., B. Cho, and E. C. Briggs. “Training Psychologists to Address Social Determinants of Mental Health.” Training and Education in Professional Psychology, January 1, 2020. https://doi.org/10.1037/tep0000307.
Woods-Jaeger B, Cho B, Briggs EC. Training Psychologists to Address Social Determinants of Mental Health. Training and Education in Professional Psychology. 2020 Jan 1;
Woods-Jaeger, B., et al. “Training Psychologists to Address Social Determinants of Mental Health.” Training and Education in Professional Psychology, Jan. 2020. Scopus, doi:10.1037/tep0000307.
Woods-Jaeger B, Cho B, Briggs EC. Training Psychologists to Address Social Determinants of Mental Health. Training and Education in Professional Psychology. 2020 Jan 1;

Published In

Training and Education in Professional Psychology

DOI

ISSN

1931-3918

Publication Date

January 1, 2020

Related Subject Headings

  • Clinical Psychology
  • 5203 Clinical and health psychology
  • 5201 Applied and developmental psychology
  • 1701 Psychology
  • 1303 Specialist Studies in Education
  • 1302 Curriculum and Pedagogy