August 13 Webinar: Racial Trauma and Climate Change
How can we support individual and community mental health through the compounded crises of poverty, racism, and climate change?
Historical displacement, disenfranchisement, and exploitation have put many communities of color in the direct path of the climate crisis. Climate changes and magnifies the underlying stressors of racism and poverty – both of which have documented, acute physical and mental health impacts. When climate disaster strikes, the mental health consequences can be severe.
For the sixth webinar in our Climate and Health Equity series, community psychiatrist and lifelong public and mental health advocate Dr. Annelle Primm will join us for a discussion on how community resources and strengths can be leveraged to support mental health and build resilience. Dr. Annelle Primm chairs All Healers Mental Health Alliance, a group of mental health professionals, faith leaders, first responders, and public health advocates that facilitates culturally aligned responses to the mental health needs of marginalized communities affected by natural and human-caused disasters. Dr. Primm was formerly Director of the Johns Hopkins Hospital Community Psychiatry Program followed by leadership roles at the American Psychiatric Association (APA) as Deputy Medical Director and Director of its Office of Minority and National Affairs.
In addition to community responses, we will discuss what individual physicians can do to support their patients. Register here and please share widely!
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Annelle Primm, M.D., MPH, is a community psychiatrist and the Senior Medical Director of the Steve Fund, a non-profit focused on the mental health of young people of color. She chairs All Healers Mental Health Alliance, a group of mental health professionals, faith leaders, first responders, and public health advocates that facilitates culturally aligned responses to the mental health needs of marginalized communities affected by natural and human-caused disasters. Dr. Primm was formerly Director of the Johns Hopkins Hospital Community Psychiatry Program followed by leadership roles at the American Psychiatric Association (APA) as Deputy Medical Director and Director of its Office of Minority and National Affairs. She received her undergraduate degree from Harvard University, medical degree from Howard University, and psychiatric training as well as master’s degree in public health from Johns Hopkins University. Dr. Primm has co-authored numerous peer-reviewed articles and is co-editor of the books, Disparities in Psychiatric Care and Women in Psychiatry: Personal Perspectives. She has received many honors including Distinguished Life Fellow of the APA, and the Presidential Award of the National Medical Association. Dr. Primm is an Associate Professor of Psychiatry, part-time, volunteer, at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, and is on the adjunct faculties of New York University and Howard University Schools of Medicine.
