The NYSPA Report: American Psychiatric Association Approaches to Social Determinants of Mental Health

• By: Vivian B. Pender, MD American Psychiatric Association
• January 1st, 2021
• child abuse, COVID-19, mental health, mental illness, police, poverty, racism, social determinants of health, stigma, winter 2021 issue
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The year 2020 refocused our attention on the social determinants of mental health. From structural racism to economic insecurity to healthcare disparities, people have become acutely aware of the insidious discrimination and losses that vulnerable individuals and communities have suffered. Rates of...