Dr. Sarah Vinson on Structural and Interpersonal Adultism and its Impact on Youth Mental Health and Mental Health Care

Dr. Sarah Vinson discusses interpersonal and structural adultism, explores the implications of adultism on the social determinants of mental health and population mental health, and provides recommendations for community psychiatrists to help address the youth mental health crisis.  Timestamps: 00:10 Introductions 01:25 Overview of Adultism 03:51 Interpersonal vs Structural Adultism 08:44 Impacts on Youth Mental Health 13:40 Recommendations for Community Psychiatrists 17:42 Final Thoughts Social (In)Justice and Mental Health Created by the American Association for Community Psychiatry (AACP). Free AACP Membership for Medical Students, Residents, and Fellows | Instagram | Twitter | Listener Survey | Follow, review, and share! Guest: Sarah Y. Vinson, MD is a Triple Board Certified Child & Adolescent, Adult, and Forensic Psychiatrist and currently serves as the Chair of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences Morehouse School of Medicine. She is the founder of the Lorio Psych Group, an Atlanta, GA based mental health practice providing expert care and consultation.  Dr. Vinson is also the founder of Lorio Forensics, which provides consultation in a wide variety of cases in criminal, civil and family court cases.  After graduating from medical school at the University of Florida with Research Honors and as an Inductee in the Chapman Humanism Honors Society, she completed her general psychiatry training at Cambridge Health Alliance/Harvard Medical School. While there, she also received specialized training in trauma through the Victims of Violence Program. She then returned to the South to complete fellowships in both child & adolescent and forensic psychiatry at Emory University School of Medicine. She has been elected and/or appointed to national and statewide office by her professional peers. She is the Past President of the Georgia Council on Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, and the Treasurer of the Georgia Psychiatric Physicians Association. Additionally, she is an Advisor for the Judges Psychiatry Leadership Initiative.  She has been a speaker at national conferences including the American Psychiatric Association Annual Meeting, the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Annual Meeting and The National Urban League Annual Meeting.. Dr. Vinson has received numerous awards in recognition of her service and leadership including the University of Florida College of Medicine Outstanding Young Alumna Award and the APA Jeanne Spurlock Minority Fellowship Alumna Achievement Award. Host: Angela Liu, MD is a second-year psychiatry resident and APA Public Psychiatry Fellow.  Credit Attribution: Stock Media provided by StockAudios / Pond5