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Home Study: AMHCA Fall Summit 01 - Black Americans and Systemic Racism-Related Stress: Effects on Mental Health and Brain Health 

12-09-2020 16:51



**Previously Recorded on 11/19/2020 - Not a Live Event**
 
Black Americans and Systemic Racism-Related Stress: Effects on Mental Health and Brain Health


Learning Objectives

  1. Upon completion, participants will be able to describe mental health trends in Black Americans
  2. Upon completion, participants will be able to explain how systemic racism-related stress contributions to disparities in mental health and brain health outcomes
  3. Upon completion, participants will be able to identify strategies for supporting the mental health of Black clients impacted by racism-related stress
Presented by Vonetta Dotson, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, Gerontology Institute, Georgia State University

Dr. Vonetta Dotson is an Associate Professor of Psychology and Gerontology at Georgia State University, Senior Project Scientist at NASA (KBR), and Founder and President of CerebroFit Integrated Brain Health. She completed her doctoral training in clinical psychology at the University of Florida with a specialization in neuropsychology and a certificate in gerontology. She completed her postdoctoral training at the National Institute on Aging Intramural Research Program. Her research and clinical activities focus on positive and negative modifiers of brain health, including the intersection of depression with cognitive and brain aging, and the impact of health disparities on brain health.

 

AMHCA will provide 1.5 CEs for this all viewers who view the webinar and complete the accompanying quiz with a passing grade (80% or higher). American Mental Health Counselors Association (AMHCA) has been approved to provide continuing education by the National Board for Certified Counselors and the Ohio Counselor, Social Worker and Marriage and Family Therapist Board. All sales are final - home study registrations are non-refundable.


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