How Medical Racism Exacerbates the Black Youth Mental Health Crisis
Disparities in psychiatric labeling create stigma for Black children, subjecting them to harsher treatment and physical restraint compared to white peers. This bias stems from systemic anti-Black racism within healthcare, highlighting a critical need for equitable diagnostic practices. For open data, these findings underscore the urgency of collecting and analyzing disaggregated demographic data to expose and correct institutional inequities in medical care.
Source: medicine.yale.eduPublished on 2024-02-03