What We Are Allowed to Say: Academic Freedom and Teaching Racial Disparities in Psychiatry Education

Affiliations

¹ University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA. adam.brenner@utsouthwestern.edu.
² Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA.
³ Geffen School of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
⁴ Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, USA.
⁵ Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
⁶ University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA.
⁷ VA North Texas Health Care System and University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA.
⁸ Northwell Health at Staten Island University Hospital, Staten Island, NY, USA.
⁹ University of Hawai'i John A. Burns School of Medicine, Honolulu, HI, USA.

Editorial

Adam M Brenner et al. Acad Psychiatry. 2025 Aug.

. 2025 Aug;49(4):311-316.

doi: 10.1007/s40596-025-02155-1.

¹ University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA. adam.brenner@utsouthwestern.edu.
² Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA.
³ Geffen School of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
⁴ Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, USA.
⁵ Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
⁶ University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA.
⁷ VA North Texas Health Care System and University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA.
⁸ Northwell Health at Staten Island University Hospital, Staten Island, NY, USA.
⁹ University of Hawai'i John A. Burns School of Medicine, Honolulu, HI, USA.

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Conflict of interest statement

Declarations. Disclosures: On behalf of all authors, the corresponding author states that there is no conflict of interest.

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