Author

Maria O’Connell

Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Director of Research and Evaluation, Yale Program for Recovery and Community Health

maria.oconnell@yale.edu

Articles

American Psychologist

Implicit Organizational Bias: Mental Health Treatment Culture and Norms as Barriers to Engaging with Diversity

Introduction BIPOC communities face many structural barriers to accessing mental health care. To reduce this health disparity and better serve multicultural populations, many providers are turning to person-centered care. Person-centered care is intended to improve quality of care by centering the patient’s values, preferences, and goals in collaboratively designed care plans. Although this approach has…

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