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Esperanza Diaz, MD

Professor of Psychiatry
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Additional Titles

Medical Director Hispanic Clinic and Latino Behavioral Health System

Associate Director Psychiatry Residency Program

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Professor of Psychiatry

Medical Director Hispanic Clinic and Latino Behavioral Health System; Associate Director Psychiatry Residency Program

Biography

Esperanza Díaz M.D. attended Javeriana University in Bogotá, Colombia, and completed Psychiatry residency training at Yale. She graduated from the Western New England Institute for Psychoanalysis. As medical director of the Hispanic Clinic and its expansion to the community, mental health services for Limited English proficiency populations are a model. She founded the Hispanic Psychiatry Fellowship addressing mental health disparities in Latinos. Along with residents, she developed the Cultural Psychiatry curriculum, a predecessor of the Social Justice and Health Equity curriculum. Her work with the medical school Teaching and Learning Center addresses cultural sensitivity and microaggressions management training. Using an experiential model, she leads interviewing training for residents. She chairs the evaluation committee to review and revise the Yale Psychiatry evaluation system.

Appointments

Education & Training

MA
Yale University, Psychiatry (2018)
Medical Educational Fellowship
Yale School of Medicine (2011)
Psychonalyst
Western New England Inst. for Psychoanalysis (2002)
Resident
Yale School of Medicine (1987)
MD
Javeriana University (1978)

Research

Overview

Adherence to treatment and medications for serious mental disorders. Development of culturally sensitive mental health services.

The Latino Behavioral Health, an expansion of mental health services to primary care and community agencies.

Development methods to teach cultural competence and sensitivity

Cultural Formulation Interview for DSM 5.

Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)

Affective Disorders, Psychotic; Cultural Diversity; Depressive Disorder; Global Health; Hispanic or Latino; Mood Disorders; Psychiatry; Schizophrenia; Schizophrenia Spectrum and Other Psychotic Disorders; Teaching

Research at a Glance

Yale Co-Authors

Frequent collaborators of Esperanza Diaz's published research.

Publications

2022

2021

2018

2017

2016

Academic Achievements & Community Involvement

  • activity

    Yale Dpt of Psychiatry-CMHC-Stateof CT-NAMI

  • activity

    National Institute of Health

  • honor

    Simon Bolivar Award

  • honor

    Life Fellow

  • honor

    Stephen Fleck MD Faculty Award, as exemplary Physician and Clinician Teacher

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Psychiatry

300 George St

New Haven, CT 06511-

United States