Mental health professionals have long understood that structural racism and inequities are highly detrimental to mental health and well-being. Systemic racism affects our work and our mission directly through the intergenerational and historical traumas impacting our patients, research participants, students, and ourselves. As an organization we are not immune from the historical inequities baked into American society and it is past due for us not only to acknowledge these inequities and our part in furthering them, but also to take action to correct them.

Please see our full statement expressing our commitment to the principles of equity and inclusion, released Juneteenth 2020.