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2026 Transcultural Conference | From Roots to Restoration: Mental Health, Heritage, Collective Healing
BPA is proud to partner with the Psychiatric Association of Ghana for this year’s Transcultural Conference. Our Ghanaian colleagues look forward to welcoming us to Accra.… read more
Dual Citizenship and Real Estate Opportunities in Ghana, West Africa
Colleagues, we are eagerly anticipating the 2026 Transcultural Conference in Ghana, West Africa. The pre- and post-conference programs are sold out, but the main conference is not, and there is still plenty of room. Please book your tickets now.… read more
Widening the Doorway: Dr. Shirley F. Marks
In 1969, Shirley Marks entered Harvard Medical School as one of 16 Black students and the only Black woman among them. Decades later, she described the experience in two words: “Really isolated.”… read more
Congratulations!
Congratulations to Dr. Tiffani Bell Washington and Dr. Ja’Nelle Blocker on being among the 31 recipients of the American Medical Women’s Association (AMWA) INSPIRE Award.… read more
You Can’t Be the Best-Kept Secret: Let’s Spotlight You
The Black Psychiatrists of America is filled with physicians doing incredible work across psychiatry, academics, advocacy, research, leadership, private practice, community service, and beyond. But here is the problem: too many of our members are doing great work quietly.… read more
Stand Your Ground Demands a Diminished-Capacity Examination: Forensic Psychiatric Considerations and Disparate Outcomes
In a similar vein to the Black Psychiatrists of America’s (BPA) October 15, 2026, “Call For Investigation into Alarming Deaths of African Americans by Hanging”, this article advocates for legislative, judicial, and plebiscitary reforms insisting upon a mental state examination of the accused. It examines the complex relations… read more
STATEMENT: Black Psychiatrists of America (BPA) Calls for Investigation into Alarming Deaths of African Americans by Hanging
Washington, D.C. — A number of recent hanging deaths involving African Americans has shaken our community. Several of these deaths have been classified locally as suicides, raising serious questions among African American psychiatrists about whether these cases have received the level of independent forensic scrutiny the… read more
