No one can see me cry
Understanding mental health issues for Black and minority ethnic staff in higher education
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8073079 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jason Arday (0000-0002-9822-1068, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 83 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 79-102 |
| Publication date | 2021-01-05 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Higher Education (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0018-1560 • E-ISSN: 1573-174X |
| Publisher | Springer Science+Business Media (PUBLISHER • DE) |
| DOI | 10.1007/s10734-020-00636-w |
| OpenAlex | W3118364777 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 22 |
| References cited | 39 |
Black and minority ethnic (BME) communities continue to experience differential outcomes within the United Kingdom (UK) mental health system, despite increased attention on the area. The trauma of racism for BME academic and professional staff within higher education remains problematic against a backdrop of cultural and organisational institutional racism. Within higher education (HE), BME staff consistently face barriers in terms of accessing contextually appropriate mental health interventions that recognise the sophisticated nature of insidious racism in all its overt and covert manifestations. This paper attempts to address the issues facing ethnic minority staff within the Academy with regard to accessing mental health services at university. Importantly, this paper explores the impact of racial discrimination on BME faculty within the sector and the impact upon mental health, in addition to considering the paucity of psychological interventions available in dealing with discriminatory episodes and the need for universities to diversify healthcare professional cohorts. This study utilises the narratives of 40 BME academic and professional university staff to examine the impact of negotiating racial inequality and discrimination at university and the impact upon mental health. Other aspects examined consider the impact of belonging, isolation and marginalisation on mental health and how this consequently affects BME university staff. Conclusions and recommendations provided advocate greater diversification of mental health support systems for BME staff within universities. Conclusions drawn will also consider how existing systems can function to dismantle racial inequality and improve mental health invention for ethnic minority service users
Covert · Ethnic group · Higher education · Institutional racism · Medical education · Mental health · Political science · Prejudice (legal term · Professional development · Psychiatry · Psychological intervention · Racism · Sociology · Global Health Workforce Issues · Medicine · Migration, Health and Trauma · Nursing · Psychology · Racial and Ethnic Identity Research · Gender Studies · Social Psychology
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| Unique citing works | 22 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 4,4 |
| Citation span | 2021 - 2026 (6) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 22 |