Wayne State University School of Medicine

Dept. of Psychiatry & Behavioral Neurosciences

Chairman's Grand Rounds

Date: Wednesday, March 27, 2024

Time: 1-2pm

Venue: Margherio Family Conference Center - 1st Floor

Speaker:

Astian Ayoola, DO

Resident

General Psychiatry Residency Program

Dept. of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurosciences

Wayne State University School of Medicine

Discussant: Carmen McIntyre Leon, MD

No Commercial Relationship

TOPIC: 

"A Historical Look into Racism in Psychiatry"

Objectives: 

1.  Identify the history of racism and the role it has played in healthcare.

2.  Address the issue of Psychiatric misdiagnosis in the minority population and overall mistrust in the system.

3.  Discuss how to acknowledge our own implicit bias in diagnosing our patient population. 

4.  Recommend ways we can all prevent misdiagnosis in our Detroit populations.