Embracing Equity- What does Inclusion mean for Mental Health Professionals?

Mar 06, 2023, 02:38 PM

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International Women’s Day 2023 has chosen the theme ‘Embrace Equity’. In this ‘In Conversation’ podcast, ACAMH Young Person Ambassador Clara Faria is joined by Dr. Yasmin Ahmadzadeh and Dr. Eunice Ayodeji to celebrate women’s achievements in child and adolescent mental health, as well as explore how we can challenge gender stereotypes, call out discrimination, draw attention to bias, and seek out inclusion.

DOI: 10.13056/acamh.23077

In this ‘In Conversation’ podcast, for International Women’s Day 2023 (8 March), junior doctor and ACAMH Young Person Ambassador Clara Faria is joined by Dr. Yasmin Ahmadzadeh, a Postdoctoral Research Associate within the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King’s College London, and Dr. Eunice Ayodeji, a child and adolescent mental health nurse and lecturer in Mental Health Nursing at the University of Salford, Manchester, and member of the ACAMH board.

International Women’s Day 2023 has chosen the theme ‘Embrace Equity’. This podcast will celebrate women’s achievements in child and adolescent mental health, as well as explore how we can challenge gender stereotypes, call out discrimination, draw attention to bias, and seek out inclusion.

Discussion points include;

  • What does embracing equity mean?
  • How CAMH researchers and clinicians can actively support and embrace equity in their own sphere of influence
  • How CAMH professionals can embrace equity when it comes to patients
  • What important strides have already been made to embrace equity
  • How we can challenge organisational and cultural barriers
  • Advice on what best supports young women to pursue careers in child and adolescent mental health
  • Recommendations on how we, as a society, can embrace equity in research, work, and our everyday to work collectively to impact positive change