Institutional structures can help drive inequities, study says

Person-centering may help counter trend
Organizational structures in mental health care may shape staff perceptions and behaviors in biased ways—usually unconsciously—according to a study published in “Clinical Psychological Science.”
The study, titled “System-Centered Care: How Bureaucracy and Racialization Decenter Attempts at Person-Centered Mental Health Care,” was headed by researchers Miraj U. Desai, Ph.D., Larry Davidson, Ph.D., APS Fellow John F. Dovidio (Yale University) Ph.D., Victoria Stanhope, Ph.D., (New York University), and Nadika Paranamana, Psy.D (University of Hartford).
It was conducted through a series of interviews at community mental health centers with 12 providers who were receiving training on person-centered care p...