Explore Sessions on Diversity & Health Equity at the 2024 Annual Meeting
Racial/ethnic, socioeconomic, and sexual minorities often suffer from poor mental health outcomes due to multiple sociopolitical determinants, including inaccessibility of high-quality mental health care services, cultural stigma surrounding mental health care, discrimination, and overall lack of awareness regarding mental health. Sessions in this track examine issues related to health equity and social determinants of health in the care of those with mental illness.
To view the full list of sessions in the Diversity & Health Equity track at this year’s Annual Meeting, visit the Session Search, and use the “Search/Filter” feature to filter by track or topic: "Diversity & Health Equity".
Some featured sessions in this track to look forward to include:
Black Psychiatrists Confronting Addiction from Prevention to Recovery
- Sunday, May 5
- 8:00 a.m. - 9:30 a.m. EDT
American Indian Mental Health: Honoring Indigenous Wisdom and Culture in Promoting Resilience and Recovery
- Wednesday, May 8
- 8:00 a.m. - 9:30 a.m. EDT
Being Black in America: Lived Experience and its Impact on Mental Health
- Saturday, May 4
- 1:30 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. EDT
LGBTQ+: A Primer for Mental Health Providers
- Sunday, May 5
- 8:00 a.m. - 9:30 a.m. EDT
Managing Anti-LGBTQ Bias and Racism as a Trainee: Understanding and Addressing Discrimination in Patient-Provider Relationships
- Monday, May 6
- 8:00 a.m. - 9:30 a.m. EDT
Latinx 2024. Beyond the social determinants of minoritized population health. How do we put it all together?
- Monday, May 6
- 1:30 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. EDT
Bias at the Bedside: A Toolkit for Responding to Bias From Patients and Family Members
- Tuesday, May 7
- 1:30 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. EDT
Women of the APA: The Leadership of the Association of Women Psychiatrists (AWP)
- Tuesday, May 7
- 3:45 p.m. - 5:15 p.m. EDT