October 9, 2021
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Q & A with Myrna Lashley and Eoin Killackey
This year’s theme for World Mental Health day is Mental Health in an Unequal World.
Tune in and listen to our featured podcast as Associate Professor Myrna Lashley joins IEPA President Eoin Killackey to discuss racism, mental health and early intervention.
Dr. Myrna Lashley is an Associate Professor in the Department of Psychiatry, McGill University as well as an adjunct researcher at the Culture and Mental Health Research Unit of the Lady Davis Institute for Medical Research. She was an Associate Dean at John Abbott College. She holds a doctorate in counselling psychology from McGill University and serves as a psychological consultant to institutions, including the juvenile justice system. Her current research interests are in cultural aspects of youth mental health, and cultural aspects of radicalization leading to violence.
You can Follow Myrna on Twitter @myrnalashley
Resources Referred to in the Podcast:
Ben-Cheikh et al., (2021). Historical Scientific Racism and Psychiatric Publications: A Necessary International Anti-racist Code of Ethics https://doi.org/10.1177/07067437211020613
References:
1. Barlow, J.N. (2018). Restoring optimal black mental health and reversing intergenerational trauma in an era of Black Lives Matter. Biography. Volume 41, Number 4, Fall 2018. pp. 164-175 University of Hawaii Press
2. Brewster, F. (2019) Childhood Innocence: Racial Prejudice and the Shaping of Psychological Complexes. Psychological Perspectives, 62: 164–175.
3. Parker, R.N. (2019) Slavery in the White Psyche. Psychoanalytic Social Work. Volume 26, 2019 – Issue 1
4. Fanon, F. (1952). Black skin white mask. Grove Press, NY. NY
5. Hall, J.M. & Fields, B. (2015). “It’s Killing Us!” Narratives of Black Adults About Microaggression Experiences and Related Health Stress. Global Qualitative Nursing Research. vol2. https://doi.org/10.1177/2333393615591569
This project was made possible thanks to a sponsorship from H/Lundbeck A/S. The opinions expressed in these materials do not necessarily reflect those of H.Lundbeck.
