Courtney McMickens, MD
Courtney McMickens is a child psychiatrist.
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Anti-immigration policies are hazardous to the health of immigrant patients. In the last ten years, there have been over 1,500 anti-immigration laws adopted by states across the country. These laws have come with discriminatory, racist, and xenophobic undertones, which has…
Anti-immigration policies are hazardous to the health of immigrant patients. In the last ten years, there have been over 1,500 anti-immigration laws adopted by states across the country. These laws have come with discriminatory, racist, and xenophobic undertones, which has created a hostile environment for immigrants and citizens perceived as immigrants.
Patients don’t need to be deported or detained to be harmed by these policies, laws, and language. Research shows an …
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Place patients above politics
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In July, I found myself needing to step away from social media and news coverage of the recent shootings in Louisiana, Minnesota, and Dallas. Being a psychiatrist has made me sensitive to the toll of pain and anguish that life…
In July, I found myself needing to step away from social media and news coverage of the recent shootings in Louisiana, Minnesota, and Dallas. Being a psychiatrist has made me sensitive to the toll of pain and anguish that life may bring, even as a bystander. This occurs even more so when I can all too easily imagine myself as a victim of one of these unfortunate events.
In the aftermath …
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The physician role in the time of Black Lives Matter
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