The past year has accelerated global discourse on the role played by institutional and societal factors in perpetuating inequities between racial and ethnic groups across all aspects of life. This editorial by Scott Kollins, PhD, professor in psychiatry and behavioral sciences, considers whether our traditional approaches to child mental health research—and specifically the papers that are published in the Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry—may inadvertently introduce structural barriers for advancing knowledge and improving mental health for children of all racial and ethnic backgrounds.
Read the full editorial in the Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry.