Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences Mental Health Equity

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Division Leadership

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John Saunders, M.D.

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Vice Chair, Mental Health Equity

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Mental Health Equity Committee

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Daryl Shorter, M.D.

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Menninger Clinic Inclusion Ambassador

Jose Antonio Ribas Roca M.D.

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Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center Inclusion Ambassador

Rose Yang, Ph.D.

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At Large Menninger Clinic

John Saunders, M.D.

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Harris Health Inclusion Ambassador

Sindhu A Idicula, M.D.

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At Large Texas Children’s Hospital

Angelic D. Chaison, Ph.D.

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At Large Veteran’s Affairs 

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Mental Health Equity Committee Vision Statement

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The Vision of the Mental Health Equity and Community Engagement Committee is to constantly move the Menninger Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences and Baylor College of Medicine toward a more equitable and inclusive environment, with an understanding that creating an environment where all faculty, staff, and trainees can reach their full potential, will further the department’s missions to provide compassionate and exceptional clinical care, advance clinical research, and generate educational and training opportunities that prepare our next generation of providers for prominent positions nationally and internationally. As well as try to move the department, college, city, region, and state toward more mental health equity.  

Committee Objectives

  • Review barriers to creating an inclusive environment within the department and outline strategies to address those barriers 
  • Coordinate within each affiliate on ways promote mental health equity and community engagement initiatives 
  • Develop departmental mental health equity and community engagement activities
  • Periodic reviews of equity trainings available within the department
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Our Mission Based Initiatives

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The following are Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences Mental Health Equity initiatives that are aligned with the four missions of Baylor College of Medicine. View information on each area below:

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Texas Mental Health Equity Mentorship Network

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In 2007, the TMHEMN (formerly known as the Texas Regional Mental Health Minority Mentor Network) became a regional extension of the American Psychiatric Association's National Minority Fellowship Programs. This is currently the Texas Mental Health Equity Mentorship Network, Baylor College of Medicine and The University of Texas Health Sciences Center-Houston originally joined in this collaborative effort. Subsequently, the network expanded to include The University of Texas Health Science Center-San Antonio and Texas A&M Health Science Center.

Current Network Goals

  • Create educational, mentoring and career opportunities for mental health trainees and or faculty who are members of under-served or under-represented ethnic groups.
  • Support programming that assists with the elimination of mental health and other health disparities.
  • Promote the acquisition of cultural competency in all areas of medical education and mental health training: medical school, psychiatry, and psychology training, and continuing education for psychiatry, psychology, and social work.
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