Race as a Social Construct in Psychiatry Research and Practice
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This Viewpoint discusses race as a biological factor and its contribution to misdiagnosis and health disparities in mental health for Black individuals as well as the appropriate use of race in mental health research.
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Race is often misconstrued as a biological construct and has nuanced implications for resilience through its intersection with gender and social determinants of health.
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- Authors
- Bryant, B. E., Jordan, A., & Clark, U. S.
- Affiliations
- Medical University of South Carolina (US)
- Yale University (US)
- Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai (US)
- Venue
- JAMA Psychiatry
- Publisher
- American Medical Association (AMA)
- Published
- 2022-02-01
- Volume
- 79
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 93
- ISSN
- 2168-622X (ISSN-L)
- PMC
- PMC10519151
- OpenAlex
- W4200129820
- Cited by
- 105
- References
- 2
- Citations by year
- 2026: 17 · 2025: 26 · 2024: 24 · 2023: 26 · 2022: 12
- FWCI
- 8.76
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
- Locations
- JAMA Psychiatry (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
- Funders
- National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (R01AA028023)
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Genetics › Race, Genetics, and Society
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Racial and Ethnic Identity Research
- Social Sciences › Health › Health disparities and outcomes
- Keywords
- social construction of race, biological determinism, misdiagnosis, health disparities, mental health, Black people
- MeSH terms
- Mental Disorders, Humans, Psychiatry, Research, Racial Groups
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