The weaponization of medicine: Early psychosis in the Black community and the need for racially informed mental healthcare

There is a notable disparity between the observed prevalence of schizophrenia-spectrum disorders in racialized persons in the United States and Canada and White individuals in these same countries, with Black people being diagnosed at higher rates than other groups. The consequences thereof bring a...

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Main Authors: Sonya C. Faber, Anjalika Khanna Roy, Timothy I. Michaels, Monnica T. Williams
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2023-02-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychiatry
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyt.2023.1098292/full