Addressing Mental Health Disparities
NYU Silver scholars are focused on the unique challenges that people in racial and ethnic minority communities face for accessing mental health services and receiving quality, culturally-responsive care.
Over the past year, NYU Silver faculty and doctoral students have contributed to numerous studies addressing mental health disparities. We are sharing the following highlights for Minority Mental Health Awareness Month.
Adolescent Mental Health
NBC News: Online racism is linked to PTSD symptoms in Black youth, study finds
Dean and Paulette Goddard Professor Michael A. Lindsey
Journal of Adolescent Health: The role of school and community involvement in the psychosocial health outcomes of Black and Latinx LGBTQ youth
Assistant Professor Lance Keene
Silver News: Study Aims to Disrupt “Pushout” of Black and Brown Youth from Schools
Assistant Professor Sireen Irsheid
Silver News: “Mystery Shopper” Study Suggests Racial/Ethnic Bias in Access to Adolescent Mental Health Care
PhD Candidate Fatima Mabrouk
Silver News: NYU Changemaker Fellow Focuses on Girls in a Post-Conflict Context
PhD Candidate Moiyattu Banya
HIV/AIDS
AIDS and Behavior: Empirical Development of a Behavioral Intervention for African American/Black and Latino Persons with Unsuppressed HIV Viral Load Levels: An Application of the Multiphase Optimization Strategy (MOST) Using Cost-Effectiveness as an Optimization Objective
Professor and Associate Dean for Research Marya Gwadz
International Journal for Equity in Health: Understanding why racial/ethnic inequities along the HIV care continuum persist in the United States: a qualitative exploration of systemic barriers from the perspectives of African American/Black and Latino persons living with HIV
Assistant Professor and Provost’s Postdoctoral Faculty Fellow Prema Filippone and Professor and Associate Dean for Research Marya Gwadz
AIDS and Behavior: Effects of Behavioral Intervention Components for African American/Black and Latino Persons Living with HIV with Non-suppressed Viral Load Levels: Results of an Optimization Trial
Professor and Associate Dean for Research Marya Gwadz
Mental Health and The Workplace
Black Enterprise: Study Reveals Impact Of Harsh Work Schedules On Health, Especially Among Black Americans
Professor Wen-Jui Han
Serious Mental Illnesses
Silver News: Study to Explore Social Connections Of Black, Latinx People with SMIs
Associate Professor and PhD Program Director Rohini Pahwa
Silver News: Dr. Michelle Munson Partners on Center for Young Adults with Mental Illness
Professor Michelle R. Munson
Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health: Factors Contributing to West Indian American Depression
Associate Professor Doris F. Chang
Psychiatry Research: Ethno-racial disparities in psychosis-like experiences among students in higher education: Findings from the Healthy Minds Study 2020–2021
Associate Professor Jordan Devylder
Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities: Ethnic Identity and Mechanisms of Mental Health Service Engagement Among Young Adults with Serious Mental Illnesses
Assistant Professor Kiara L Moore, Professor Michelle R. Munson, and Professor Emeritus James Jaccard
Stigma and Health: Stigma among historically marginalized young adults with serious mental illnesses: A mixed methods study
Assistant Professor Kiara L Moore, Associate Professor Rohini Pahwa, and Professor Michelle R. Munson
Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities: Exploring the social determinants of mental health by race and ethnicity in army wives
Assistant Professor Kathrine S. Sullivan
Suicide
The Trace: Gun Violence Affects Suicide Risk Among Black People, Study Finds
Dean and Paulette Goddard Professor Michael A. Lindsey
Silver News: Report: Action Needed to Stem Continued Rise in Black Youth Suicide
Dean and Paulette Goddard Professor Michael A. Lindsey
Pew Trusts: Black Adolescent Suicide Rate Reveals Urgent Need to Address Mental Health Care Barriers
Dean and Paulette Goddard Professor Michael A. Lindsey
Behavior Therapy: The burden of not belonging: a qualitative study of the applicability of the interpersonal theory of suicide constructs of belongingness and burdensomeness to ethnocultural minoritized youth
Assistant Professor Ifrah Magan, Professor and Associate Dean for Research Marya Gwadz
Trials: Engaging Black youth in depression and suicide prevention treatment within urban schools: study protocol for a randomized controlled pilot
Dean and Paulette Goddard Professor Michael A. Lindsey and Professor Emeritus James Jaccard
Psychiatry Research Communications: The association between interpersonal factors, barriers to mental health help-seeking behaviors, and persistent depression disorder among Latinx and Black youths,”
Dean and Paulette Goddard Professor Michael A. Lindsey