Profiles in Wisdom: A Survey of Leading Psychiatrists to Inform the Diversity of the Future Psychiatric Workforce

Michael O Mensah; Amira Collison; Dennis Dacarett-Galeano; Altha J Stewart

doi:10.1016/j.chc.2023.06.002

Profiles in Wisdom: A Survey of Leading Psychiatrists to Inform the Diversity of the Future Psychiatric Workforce

Child Adolesc Psychiatr Clin N Am. 2024 Jan;33(1):1-15. doi: 10.1016/j.chc.2023.06.002.

Authors

Michael O Mensah¹, Amira Collison², Dennis Dacarett-Galeano², Altha J Stewart³

Affiliations

¹ National Clinician Scholars Program, Department of Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA. Electronic address: mim159@mail.harvard.edu.
² Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
³ Division of Public and Community Psychiatry and Office of Community Health Engagement, College of Medicine, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN, USA.

PMID: 37981332
DOI: 10.1016/j.chc.2023.06.002

Abstract

Long-standing challenges facing the mental health system require more effective strategies to furnish a workforce whose diversity matches an increasingly diverse population. Current and former system leaders can offer expert guidance informed by their experiences and perspectives. Their professional journeys to leadership in this area provide context and unique insight into issues of justice, including workforce diversity, equity, and inclusion in psychiatry. These experts agree that significant policy changes are needed to improve psychiatric workforce diversity and that implementing change will require that disparate groups together to achieve this goal. Financial considerations must be included in policy and advocacy.

Keywords: Diversity; Equity; Inclusion; Mental health; Organized psychiatry; Workforce.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Humans
Mental Health
Psychiatry*
Workforce