American Psychiatric Association SAMHSA

Minority Fellowship Program (MFP)

Annelle B. Primm, M.D., MPH, Program Director Marilyn King, Assistant Program Director

APA SAMHSA Minority Fellowships Program (MFP)

Since 1975, the fellowship has equipped 433 psychiatry

residents from minority and underrepresented (MUR) groups to serve as leaders in mental health and substance abuse treatment services to diverse and underserved populations

Among 35 current psychiatry fellows are: 17 African Americans, 8 Asians, 5 Hispanics/Latinos, 2 Native Americans and 2 of non-minorities

500 MUR medical students have explored psychiatry as a career choice in travel scholarships, summer mentoring internships, addiction externships and HIV training

AMERICAN PSYCHIATRIC ASSOCIATIONMINORITY FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM

Ethnic/Gender Distribution1975 through December 2012

GENDER

African American

Asian American

Hispanic/ Latino

American Indian/Alaska Native/Native

Hawaiian Other *TOTALFemale 128 61 36 5 9 239Male 76 60 46 7 5 194

TOTAL 204 121 82 12 14 433

Ethnic Identity of Fellows # of Fellows %

African American 204 47.11%Asian American 121 27.94%Hispanic/Latino 82 18.94%American Indian 12 2.77%

Other 14 3.23%TOTAL 433 100.00%

Gender of Fellows # of Fellows %Female 239 55.20%Male 194 44.80%

TOTAL 433 100.00%

(Includes 2012-2013 fellows)Updated 12/20/2012

ETHNIC IDENTIFICATION

Ethnic IDAfrican American

Asian American

Hispanic/Latino

American Indian

Other

Gender

Female

Male

Special Projects Mentor Network (national and regional) Leadership Training Education and Networking Opportunities

APA Annual and IPS Meetings National Scientific Meetings APA Council Meetings Evening of Excellence Poster Sessions “Doctors Back to School” Program (DBTS)

Fellowship Activities

Teo-Carlo Straun, M.D. (current MFP fellow)

“Some Barbershops Aren't Just for Haircuts Anymore“

Dr. Straun worked with community activists in Worcester, Mass., to set up a mental health screening program based in urban barbershops (July 2011)

http://psychnews.psychiatryonline.org/newsarticle.aspx?articleid=115841

Annual Muslim Mental Health Conference

Founder, Farha Abassi, MDManaging EditorJournal of Muslim Mental HealthMFP Alumna

Buprenorphine Training

Elvin Hernandez, M.D., MFP Alumnus

•Held at University of Puerto Rico, October 2010•140 Faculty and Residents attended the training•Increased access to treatment of substance use disorders in Puerto Rico

Drum - Assisted Recovery Therapy in the Treatment of Substance Use Disorders

Dan Dickerson, M.D.Research PsychiatristUCLA Integrative Substance Abuse ProgramMFP Alumnus

Minority Fellowship Program Alumni have become distinguished psychiatrist leaders in a wide range of areas: Academic Psychiatry Faculty and Chairs of Psychiatry Leaders in Psychiatric Research Psychiatry Residency Training Directors Director, County Mental Health Services Medical Directors of Community Mental Health Centers Leaders in Organizational Medicine and Psychiatry

Psychiatry MFPOUTCOMES

Based on a survey of past fellows, the type of service provided is fairly evenly split between mental health only (45%) and mental health and substance abuse (55%). The data below shows employment practice settings and population served from a survey of alumni (April 2007).

Employment of Past Fellows

Type of Setting # %

Public 52 69%

Private 12 16%

Public/Private 6 8%

Missing Data 5 7%

TOTAL 75 100%

Population Served

# %

Predominately Minority Population

53 71%

Predominately Non-Minority Population

18 24%

Missing Data 4 5%

TOTAL 75 100%