Disparities in mental health and mental healthcare have been a persistent and unremitting issue
despite concerted efforts on multiple fronts to address the problem. The enduring nature of these
problematic differences compels us to evaluate factors that led to our present state, and consider
new evidence and new strategies to reduce and eliminate mental health disparities.
This webinar will reframe the issue via a journey from cultural competence to structural competence (through
cultural humility), address new trends in research in the field, and offer innovative solutions that
providers and policymakers can adopt to more effectively address mental health disparities and
inequities going forward. By the end of the webinar, participants will be able to:
