Carmen Black, MD, MHS-Med Ed
Assistant Professor Adjunct in PsychiatryCards
Additional Titles
Vice Chair of Education, Institute of Living at Hartford Hospital, Hartford Hospital
Contact Info
About
Titles
Assistant Professor Adjunct in Psychiatry
Positions outside Yale
Vice Chair of Education, Institute of Living at Hartford Hospital, Hartford Hospital
Biography
I am a native of Augusta, Georgia, and an honored second-generation graduate of the Medical College of Georgia (MCG). Ever the Francophile, I completed my undergraduate education in psychology and French studies at Concordia University in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. I am trained in psychiatry by both the University of Pennsylvania and by my alma mater, MCG. I joined the Yale School of Medicine as Assistant Professor of Psychiatry in September 2019. My primary clinical appointment is at the Connecticut Mental Health Center. There, I am able to marry my dedication to provide quality clinical care to racially minoritized populations with academic research.
My professional identity is rooted in being a fiercely proud, outspoken, family-oriented ethnic Black American physician descended of enslaved persons. I am a strong supporter of sociohistorical racial representation in medicine. My research interests focus on promoting historically-informed racial justice within academic medicine and addressing iatrogenic influences of poor patient care, specifically racism and mental health discrimination within daily clinical practice. My work in iatrogenesis has led me to become a national advocate for patient and provider safety through promoting the equitable treatment of behavioral emergencies by removing police- and security-based interventions from general hospital medicine.
Education & Training
- MHS-Med Ed
- Yale University (2024)
- Senior Resident
- Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University (2019)
- Resident
- Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania (2018)
- Intern
- Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania (2016)
- MD
- Medical College of Georgia (2015)
- BSc
- Concordia University, Psychology (2008)
Board Certifications
Psychiatry
- Certification Organization
- AB of Psychiatry & Neurology
Research
Research at a Glance
Yale Co-Authors
Publications Timeline
Jessica Isom, MD, MPH
Nientara Anderson, MD, MHS
Tobias Wasser, MD
Publications
2022
Words Matter: Stylistic Writing Strategies for Racial Health Equity in Academic Medicine.
Black C, Pondugula N, Spearman-McCarthy EV. Words Matter: Stylistic Writing Strategies for Racial Health Equity in Academic Medicine. Journal Of Racial And Ethnic Health Disparities 2022, 9: 2071-2076. PMID: 36251121, PMCID: PMC9575627, DOI: 10.1007/s40615-022-01424-1.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchTowards a Language of Racial Health Equity in Academic Medical Literature.
Black C. Towards a Language of Racial Health Equity in Academic Medical Literature. The American Journal Of Geriatric Psychiatry : Official Journal Of The American Association For Geriatric Psychiatry 2022, 30: 1180-1182. PMID: 35654727, DOI: 10.1016/j.jagp.2022.05.006.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchFrom “Bad Blood” to “Racial Disparities:” Will Geriatric Psychiatrists Transcend the Wrongdoings of Tuskegee?
Black C, Ramos M, Anderson N. From “Bad Blood” to “Racial Disparities:” Will Geriatric Psychiatrists Transcend the Wrongdoings of Tuskegee? American Journal Of Geriatric Psychiatry 2022, 30: 851-853. PMID: 35835502, DOI: 10.1016/j.jagp.2022.06.006.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchHow Biased and Carceral Responses to Persons With Mental Illness in Acute Medical Care Settings Constitute Iatrogenic Harms.
Black C, Calhoun A. How Biased and Carceral Responses to Persons With Mental Illness in Acute Medical Care Settings Constitute Iatrogenic Harms. AMA Journal Of Ethics 2022, 24: E781-787. PMID: 35976936, DOI: 10.1001/amajethics.2022.781.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchResponse to "Should Clinicians Be Activists?"
Black C, Isom J. Response to "Should Clinicians Be Activists?". AMA Journal Of Ethics 2022, 24: E694-696. PMID: 35838400, DOI: 10.1001/amajethics.2022.694.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchComment on: Risk factors for workplace encounters with weapons by hospital employees
Okani C, Black C. Comment on: Risk factors for workplace encounters with weapons by hospital employees. Public Health In Practice 2022, 3: 100256. PMID: 36101753, PMCID: PMC9461480, DOI: 10.1016/j.puhip.2022.100256.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCommunity Mental Health Centers' Roles in Depolicing Medicine.
Black C, Lo E, Gallagher K. Community Mental Health Centers' Roles in Depolicing Medicine. AMA Journal Of Ethics 2022, 24: E218-225. PMID: 35325523, DOI: 10.1001/amajethics.2022.218.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2020
A Call for Behavioral Emergency Response Teams in Inpatient Hospital Settings.
Parker CB, Calhoun A, Wong AH, Davidson L, Dike C. A Call for Behavioral Emergency Response Teams in Inpatient Hospital Settings. The AMA Journal Of Ethic 2020, 22: e956-964. PMID: 33274709, DOI: 10.1001/amajethics.2020.956.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsAltmetricMeSH Keywords and ConceptsConceptsBehavioral emergency response teamBehavioral emergenciesRapid response teamResponse teamBehavioral crisesBehavioral interventionsPsychiatric emergenciesMedical decompensationAvoidable harmFrontline cliniciansRisk management practicesEmergency response teamsWidespread implementationStress reactionsInappropriate responsesEthical principlesSuboptimal outcomesPervasive perceptionResponse teamsTeamEarly warning signsManagement practicesEmergencyInterventionProcedural, Treatment, and Ethics Considerations of Behavioral Emergencies During Coronavirus Disease 2019 and Relaxed Seclusion Guidelines
Parker CB, Calhoun A, Wasser T, Carvalho V, Dike C. Procedural, Treatment, and Ethics Considerations of Behavioral Emergencies During Coronavirus Disease 2019 and Relaxed Seclusion Guidelines. Journal Of The Academy Of Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry 2020, 62: 155-156. PMID: 33162111, PMCID: PMC7550256, DOI: 10.1016/j.psym.2020.10.005.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCoping with Racism: a Perspective of COVID-19 Church Closures on the Mental Health of African Americans
DeSouza F, Parker CB, Spearman-McCarthy EV, Duncan GN, Black RMM. Coping with Racism: a Perspective of COVID-19 Church Closures on the Mental Health of African Americans. Journal Of Racial And Ethnic Health Disparities 2020, 8: 7-11. PMID: 33006753, PMCID: PMC7531268, DOI: 10.1007/s40615-020-00887-4.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsAltmetricMeSH Keywords and ConceptsConceptsAfrican American communityBlack ChurchAmerican racismAfrican AmericansAmerican communityFirst-hand perspectiveAcademic medical literatureAfrican American churchesChurch closuresAmerican churchesBlack communitySocietal racismChurchCommunities of colorRacismPhysical closureAmericansOlder African AmericansCommunityLeadership positionsFear of deathCenturyWorshipHealthcare inequitiesNews outlets
Academic Achievements & Community Involvement
activity American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry
Journal ServiceDeputy EditorDetailsDeputy Editor of Health Equity2020 - Presentactivity Social Justice and Health Equity - Human Experience Track
CommitteesCommittee MemberDetails2021 - Presentactivity Carlat Geriatric Psychiatry Report
Journal ServiceEditorDetails12/01/2022 - Presentactivity Connecticut Mental Health Center (CMHC)
CommitteesRepresentativeDetailsMedical Student Site Representative for CMHC2021 - 2024honor Public Voices Fellow of the Op-Ed Project
Other AwardDetails04/26/2022United States
News
News
- October 11, 2024Source: The American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry: Open Science, Education, and Practice
Implementation of a Historically-Informed Health Justice Curriculum in Geriatric Psychiatry Fellowship Training
- August 28, 2024Source: The Lancet Regional Health - Americas
Sociohistorical Justice: A Corrective Framework to Mend the Modern Harms of Medical History
- July 05, 2024
Weleff Edits New Issue of AMA Journal of Ethics
- June 20, 2024
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