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Assessing Racial Equity Impact in Mental Health Policymaking: Reflections and Recommendations

Racism has a long and unique history in the practice and policy of mental health in the United States. In colonial times, for example, it was a common belief that Blacks did not have the intellectual capacity to experience mental illness. In later periods runaway slaves were diagnosed with...