Take A Stand On Racial Injustice: Perspectives From Mental Health Experts In Advocacy & Psychiatric Health Care

Description

Webinar: Take A Stand On Racial Injustice: Perspectives From Mental Health Experts In Advocacy & Psychiatric Health Care

Location: Online Via PsychU.org

Description: This PsychU webinar will feature a conversation on racial injustice in America. The panel discussion will highlight the current landscape of racial injustice, how racial injustice affects mental health perceptions and treatment, and potential ways to move forward to reduce this bias. The panel will include key leaders in mental health from National Alliance on Mental Illness, Mental Health America, and a psychiatrist who has worked to reduce disparities in mental health care as well as research in culture, ethnicity, and severe mental illness. The webinar is applicable to all audiences, including health care professionals, as well as mental health patients and caregivers.

Speakers are paid consultants of Otsuka Pharmaceutical Development & Commercialization, Inc.

Event Speakers

Daniel Gillison, Jr.
Featured Speaker

• Chief Executive Officer, National Alliance on Mental Illness

Paul Gionfriddo
Featured Speaker

• President & Chief Executive Officer, Mental Health America
• PsychU Stigma Section Advisor

William Lawson, MD, PhD, DLFAPA
Featured Speaker

• Founder, Institute for Reducing Disparities, LLC
• Medical Director, Emerge Baltimore, Baltimore, MD
• Adjunct Professor, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD

Bryan Archuleta, PharmD
Moderator

• Medical Science Liaison, Otsuka Pharmaceutical Development & Commercialization, Inc.