Members of this University of Maryland Medical Center psychiatry resident-led book club read books across genres that explore issues of race as a means of better understanding ourselves, our patients, and our community. The mission is to foster a foundation for change by developing a forum for dialogue, education, and greater self-awareness. All members of […]
Whether you are experienced advocate or just learning the ropes, please join us on Thursday January 14th from 6:30-7:30 PM via Zoom for a for an introduction to legislative advocacy in Maryland. The 2021 General Assembly will operate with new protocols designed to limit spread of the coronavirus. These changes create challenges as well as […]
We are reading Transcendent Kingdom by Yaa Gyasi. Please email mps@mdpsych.org for meeting information.
The Behavioral Health Administration and MedChi webinar series, Helping the Helpers and Those They Serve, is for Maryland’s behavioral health and medical health care workers of all disciplines, whether working in community or hospital settings. They are designed to enhance both health care worker self-care and resultantly the care they provide, as health care workers […]
President’s Panel on Politics and Policy with Ibram X. Kendi, PhD, MA presented by the University of Maryland at Baltimore Ibram X. Kendi is one of America’s foremost historians and leading anti-racist scholars as well as a National Book Award-winning and best-selling author. The Andrew W. Mellon Professor in the Humanities at Boston University, he […]
Social Injustice and Mental Health featuring Ruth Shim, MD, MPH, Luke & Grace Kim Professor in Cultural Psychiatry Professor of Clinical Psychiatry Ruth Shim, MD, MPH is the Luke & Grace Kim Professor in Cultural Psychiatry in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences and Associate Dean of Diverse and Inclusive Education at the University […]
From 3 to 5 PM on February 22, the Mental Health Association of Maryland will hold its 2021 Legislative Briefing. This year’s event will be different, entirely virtual and free to all. Hear from legislators and decision makers about the public policy issues impacting Marylanders’ behavioral health. Learn more and register here.