​Join Rianna for this exclusive post-publication talk about The Colour of Madness – the revised edition of the 2018 publication about race and mental health in the UK. Expect readings of excerpts, a talk about the impact of systems of harm on marginalised people’s health, as well as a lively discussion and Q&A about how we can protect our mental health in academia. 

Rianna Walcott, co-editor of upcoming anthology The Colour of Madness, says being black made it harder to get mental health support. She explains why some in her family are wary of medication. In the last episode of Mentally Interesting for now, our presenters are thinking about hope and revealing their "most absurd secret habits." With Mark Brown and Seaneen Molloy. The producer is Emma Tracey and the studio manager is Dave O'Neill

Social Power and Mental Health Conference at Cambridge University
Thursday 22 April 2021 Session 3: Activism and Hope

Student doctor Ivan Beckley talks about the systemic bias in healthcare that he's witnessed during his education.
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This is The Bias Diagnosis - an Audible Original Podcast. Statistics show that black and people of colour have worse health outcomes, and die more often than white people, across many fields of medicine and variety of illnesses. Ivan’s search for answers takes him to the roots of modern medicine. He busts myths, debunks stereotypes and calls out misinformation that have existed for centuries and remain sadly very much alive today.

After an intriguing start, we welcome Professor Frank Keating, a Professor of Social Work and Mental Health in the Department of Social Work at Royal Holloway University of London, and Rianna Walcott, a LAHP-funded PhD candidate at Kings College London and co-editor of an anthology about BAME mental health, The Colour of Madness. We also welcome Jacob Diggle, Head of Strategy & Insight from the charity Mind to provide a response from their organisation to what is said.