title: Reconsideration of the training of psychiatrists and mental health professionals: helping to make soup.
abstract: For many years, we have known of deficits in our system of training mental health professionals, particularly in recognizing and integrating diversity. Recently, we have begun to understand that our literature must more authentically reflect the experiences of all people that we serve. The current paper suggests that a comprehensive biopsychosocial conceptualization of normal and abnormal behavior for all individuals is necessary to truly begin to reduce mental health disparities. The authors argue that factors such as racial, ethnic and cultural differences must be integrated into research before the literature will begin to change in a fashion that is beneficial to the mental health training process.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, Division of Medical Psychology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27705, USA. christopher.edwards@duke.edu
authors.forename: Christopher L
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: Edwards
authors.forename: Annelle
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Primm
authors.forename: Stephanie
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Johnson
authors.forename: Miriam
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Feliu
authors.forename: Keisha
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: O'Garo
authors.forename: Gary G
authors.initials: GG
authors.lastname: Bennett
authors.forename: Elwood
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Robinson
authors.forename: Camela
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: McDougald
authors.forename: Goldie
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Byrd
authors.forename: Ojinga
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Harrison
authors.forename: Keith
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Whitfield
authors.forename: Alvin L
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Killough
mesh_terms: D018864:Cultural Diversity; D005006:Ethnicity / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D008605:Mental Health Services; D011570:Psychiatry / Q000193:education*; D011584:Psychology