Gender Diversity in the Psychiatric Workforce: It's Still a (White) Man's World in Psychiatry

By FYH News Team

Published on June 10, 2022

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Review

. 2022 Jun;45(2):271-278.

doi: 10.1016/j.psc.2022.03.005.

Epub 2022 May 14.

Affiliations

¹ Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Asher Center for the Study and Treatment of Depressive Disorders, 676 North St. Clair, Suite 1000, Chicago, IL, USA; Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology. Electronic address: crystal.clark@northwestern.edu.
² Department of Psychiatry and Neurobehavioral Sciences, University of Virginia, PO Box 800548, Charlottesville, VA 22908, USA. Electronic address: Jlp4n@hscmail.mcc.virginia.edu.

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Review

Crystal T Clark et al.

Psychiatr Clin North Am.

2022 Jun.

. 2022 Jun;45(2):271-278.

doi: 10.1016/j.psc.2022.03.005.

Epub 2022 May 14.

Affiliations

¹ Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Asher Center for the Study and Treatment of Depressive Disorders, 676 North St. Clair, Suite 1000, Chicago, IL, USA; Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology. Electronic address: crystal.clark@northwestern.edu.
² Department of Psychiatry and Neurobehavioral Sciences, University of Virginia, PO Box 800548, Charlottesville, VA 22908, USA. Electronic address: Jlp4n@hscmail.mcc.virginia.edu.

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Abstract

Academic psychiatry has slightly higher rates of women in the upper ranks and leadership positions than academic medicine as a whole but women continue to be seriously underrepresented. Psychiatry departments should take specific steps to address barriers for women in psychiatry including harassment and discrimination, Imposter Syndrome, lack of mentorship and sponsorship, work-life integration issues, and overinvolvement in nonpromotion generating activities. Addressing these barriers within academic psychiatry will improve the environment for all minorities.

Keywords:

Academia; BIPOC; Inequity; Psychiatry; United States; Women.