Slavery and Native American genocide were justified and perpetuated by the cultural belief in White racial superiority that evolved in colonial America. This belief did not end with the abolition of slavery or the end of the physical elimination of Native peoples – the past has not passed. Racism and its multigenerational traumatic outcomes are the most significant and far-reaching legacy of the slave trade, slavery, and efforts to eliminate Native peoples.
Format
Recorded webinar, non-interactive, self-paced distance learning activity.
This presentation was recorded on July 28, 2022.
Learning Objectives
- Describe the role that racism might play in compromising the mental health and well-being of patients and clients that are not currently the foci of counseling, treatment, and education.
- Develop ways to address self and racial hatred and white supremacy in counseling and treatment.
- Identify the social-psychological outcomes of racism as a community mental health challenge.
Target Audience
Psychiatrist, Psychologist, Physician (non-psychiatrist), Physician Assistant, Medical students and other mental health professionals
Estimated Time to Complete
Estimated Duration: 60 minutes
Begin Date: July 29, 2022
End Date: July 29, 2025
How to Earn Credit
Participants who wish to earn AMA PRA Category 1 Credit ™ or a certificate of participation may do so by completing all sections of the course including the evaluation. After evaluating the program, course participants will be provided with an opportunity to claim hours of participation and print an official CME certificate (physicians) or certificate of participation (non-physicians) showing the completion date and hours earned.
Continuing Education Credit
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The APA designates this enduring CME activity for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
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Program Presenters
- Benjamin P. Bowser is Emeritus Professor of Sociology, California State University East Bay (Ph.D. Cornell University). As a sociologist, he specializes in research methods, public health, and community assessments. He served on three Institute of Medicine (National Academy of Science) expert panels on drug abuse and HIV risk and authored forty peer-reviewed papers and chapters. His books related to his presentation are The Transatlantic Slave Trade and Slave: and New Directions in Teaching and Learning (2012), and The Black Middle Class: Mobility and Vulnerabilities (2007). Dr. Bowser is a past President of the Association of Black Sociologists (2004), was a visiting professor at the University of Paris (2005), and is a member of AAHGS. Dr. Bowser has no financial relationships to disclose.
Program Planners
- Ebony Harris, MS, Associate Director of Online Learning, American Psychiatric Association. Reports no financial relationships with commerical interests.
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