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Reconsideration of the training of psychiatrists and mental health professionals: helping to make soup.

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Edwards, CL; Primm, A; Johnson, S; Feliu, M; O'Garo, K; Bennett, GG; Robinson, E; McDougald, C; Byrd, G; Harrison, O; Whitfield, K; Killough, AL
Published in: J Natl Med Assoc
September 2006

For many years, we have known of deficits in our system of training mental health professionals, particularly in recognizing and integrating diversity. Recently, we have begun to understand that our literature must more authentically reflect the experiences of all people that we serve. The current paper suggests that a comprehensive biopsychosocial conceptualization of normal and abnormal behavior for all individuals is necessary to truly begin to reduce mental health disparities. The authors argue that factors such as racial, ethnic and cultural differences must be integrated into research before the literature will begin to change in a fashion that is beneficial to the mental health training process.

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Published In

J Natl Med Assoc

ISSN

0027-9684

Publication Date

September 2006

Volume

98

Issue

9

Start / End Page

1498 / 1500

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Public Health
  • Psychology
  • Psychiatry
  • Mental Health Services
  • Humans
  • Ethnicity
  • Cultural Diversity
  • 32 Biomedical and clinical sciences
  • 11 Medical and Health Sciences
 

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Edwards, C. L., Primm, A., Johnson, S., Feliu, M., O’Garo, K., Bennett, G. G., … Killough, A. L. (2006). Reconsideration of the training of psychiatrists and mental health professionals: helping to make soup. J Natl Med Assoc, 98(9), 1498–1500.
Edwards, Christopher L., Annelle Primm, Stephanie Johnson, Miriam Feliu, Keisha O’Garo, Gary G. Bennett, Elwood Robinson, et al. “Reconsideration of the training of psychiatrists and mental health professionals: helping to make soup.J Natl Med Assoc 98, no. 9 (September 2006): 1498–1500.
Edwards CL, Primm A, Johnson S, Feliu M, O’Garo K, Bennett GG, et al. Reconsideration of the training of psychiatrists and mental health professionals: helping to make soup. J Natl Med Assoc. 2006 Sep;98(9):1498–500.
Edwards, Christopher L., et al. “Reconsideration of the training of psychiatrists and mental health professionals: helping to make soup.J Natl Med Assoc, vol. 98, no. 9, Sept. 2006, pp. 1498–500.
Edwards CL, Primm A, Johnson S, Feliu M, O’Garo K, Bennett GG, Robinson E, McDougald C, Byrd G, Harrison O, Whitfield K, Killough AL. Reconsideration of the training of psychiatrists and mental health professionals: helping to make soup. J Natl Med Assoc. 2006 Sep;98(9):1498–1500.
Journal cover image

Published In

J Natl Med Assoc

ISSN

0027-9684

Publication Date

September 2006

Volume

98

Issue

9

Start / End Page

1498 / 1500

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Public Health
  • Psychology
  • Psychiatry
  • Mental Health Services
  • Humans
  • Ethnicity
  • Cultural Diversity
  • 32 Biomedical and clinical sciences
  • 11 Medical and Health Sciences