Speaker:
Sarah Y. Vinson, MD
Associate Clinical Professor
Director, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Fellowship Program
Depts. of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences and Pediatrics
Morehouse School of Medicine

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Learning objectives:
At the end of this presentation, learners will be able to:

1) Identify the relevance of social justice in mental health in order to reexamine mental health and illness in the context of the U.S. society

2) Discuss the impact of social hierarchies on diagnostic processes and classifications in order to better serve patients from marginalized communities

3) Self-evaluate the concept of social justice advocacy in order to identify action steps that can be taken to advance justice