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Originally Posted by precaryous
"Health & Mental Health Therapists Race Class Bias"
Therapists biased against black, poor patients, study finds - CNN.com
The study does not include the poor, Medicare/Medicaid client. These populations include our senior and disabled. The poor are routinely shunted to poorly staffed,
high staff turnover, inadequate county mental health systems- if they are accepted as clients at all. That is where real discrimination exists. |
Here's another report on the same study:
Not White, Not Rich, and Seeking Therapy.
I would note that the study is limited to those who specifically sought (much coveted) evening appointments in NYC - that's not mentioned in the CNN article and not stressed in the Atlantic article - but it may have a bearing on the results.