Gender Diversity in the Psychiatric Workforce: It's Still a (White) Man's World in Psychiatry

Academic psychiatry has slightly higher rates of women in the upper ranks and leadership positions than academic medicine as a whole but women continue to be seriously underrepresented. Psychiatry departments should take specific steps to address barriers for women in psychiatry including harassment...

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Published inThe Psychiatric clinics of North America Vol. 45; no. 2; p. 271
Main Authors Clark, Crystal T, Payne, Jennifer L
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States 01.06.2022
Subjects
Women
Inequity
Academia
BIPOC
United States
Psychiatry
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Summary:Academic psychiatry has slightly higher rates of women in the upper ranks and leadership positions than academic medicine as a whole but women continue to be seriously underrepresented. Psychiatry departments should take specific steps to address barriers for women in psychiatry including harassment and discrimination, Imposter Syndrome, lack of mentorship and sponsorship, work-life integration issues, and overinvolvement in nonpromotion generating activities. Addressing these barriers within academic psychiatry will improve the environment for all minorities.
ISSN:1558-3147
DOI:10.1016/j.psc.2022.03.005