The Full Informed Consent: Your Mental Health Provider Does Not Have to Take Any Responsibility for Addressing Mental Health Inequities

Racism is a pivotal determinant of mental health, yet mental health providers are not legally required to address it in clinical care. Standard practice guidelines remain glaringly silent on racism, perpetuating harm to marginalized communities, especially Black individuals. This failure to confront systemic inequities is not just oversight—it’s deadly. The time for half-measures and empty apologies is over; mental health care must be trauma-informed and fundamentally antiracist.