Racial Inequality
This term refers to the U.S. having the world's highest incarceration rate, disproportionately affecting people of color
What is "mass incarceration"
Facing hardships on the basis of gender alone; gender and race; or gender, race, and mental health status.
What is intersectionality
This term describes the part of our behavioral health that encompasses emotional, psychological, and social well-being.
What is Mental Health?
The domain of power that is characterized by very slow change and organizing oppression.
What is the Structural Domain of Power.
Refers to the laws and social systems enforcing racial segregation in the Southern U.S. from the late 19th century to the mid-20th century
What are Jim Crow laws
This practice involves law enforcement making assumptions about an individual’s potential criminal behavior based solely on their race or ethnicity.
What is "racial profiling"
The behavior characterized by the making of unwelcome and inappropriate sexual remarks/physical advances in social situations.
What is sexual harassment
These institutions were initially built to care for patients, avoid "social disturbances," and assist families in managing patient needs.
What were mental health institutions or asylums?
Imagine you work at an office and you are monitored through keycard access, time-tracking software, and surveillance cameras, what domain of power is at play here?
What is the Disciplinary Domain of Power.
This is the process that began in the mid-20th century to reduce the number of people in mental health institutions, aiming to reintegrate patients into society.
What is Deinstitutionalization
Black Americans have historically faced overcrowded and underfunded conditions in psychiatric facilities, which contributed to poor treatment and this broad category of abuse
What is institutional abuse
Examples include: teachers, nurses, administrative assistants, therapists.
What is a female dominated profession
These factors, including structural racism, socioeconomic status, and lack of information, can make it difficult for some people to access mental health services.
What are barriers to mental health services?
What domain of power is labeled as "the glue" for the other domains?
What is the Cultural Domain of Power.
This hospital, established in 1911 specifically for Black patients, is important because it reflects the intersection of race, mental health, and institutional neglect. Its history parallels shifts in American mental healthcare, from segregation to deinstitutionalization, and ultimately, the merging of mental health and criminal justice systems.
What is Crownsville Hospital?
This term describes the practice of doctors and healthcare institutions treating Black patients unfairly or differently due to racial bias
What is medical racism
Examples include: being passive, naïve, soft, nurturing
What are feminine stereotypes
This age group, at 36%, experiences the highest rates of mental illness.
Answer: What is ages 18-25?
How does someone facing oppression let everyday interactions define them?
What is adapting to norms and internalizing stereotypes.
The book highlights how Black patients were subjected to poor conditions, medical neglect, and harsh treatments due to the institutionalized racism at Crownsville, which mirrors broader societal discrimination
What is Institutional Racism