Like other healthcare industrial complexes, the mental health field operates around a centre defined by a whiteness of theory and practice. It’s a colonization that has rarely ever been questioned.

DECOLONIZING MENTAL HEALTH dismantles the racism that underscores the mental healthcare industry. By focusing its gaze on the transformative work of therapists and individuals of color, it calls for a redressal of the ways in which we define psychiatric illness and health. Through 20 profiles, the digital series discusses what a more responsive mental health care system should look like.

Discuss and engage on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram using the hashtag #MentalHealthPBS and tagging us @worldchannel. Subscribe to our newsletter and YouTube for more features including events and interviews.

Decolonizing Mental Health is part of a multi-platform initiative from GBH that includes the four-hour “Mysteries of Mental Illness” docuseries (premiering nationwide on PBS on June 22 & 23, and on WORLD on June 24 & 25) tracing the evolution of the complex topic of mental health from its earliest days to present times.

DECOLONIZING MENTAL HEALTH: A CONVERSATION

Moderated by Tina Martin, a panel of mental health industry experts & advocates – Dr. Sidney Hankerson, Dr. Dan Foster, Paul Hoang, LCSW and Shawna Murray-Browne, LCSW-C – came together to discuss the unique mental health care challenges faced by underrepresented communities. Read a recap of the event and watch the conversation in full.