A primary care psychiatric pharmacist clinic for addressing hypertension and mental health disparities in black patients
A psychiatric pharmacist can play a critical role in addressing health disparities in black patients by managing both psychiatric and nonpsychiatric conditions. Black patients experience disparities in the treatment of both hypertension and mental health disorders, highlighting the need for innovati...
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American Association of Psychiatric Pharmacists
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| author | Stephanie L. Hsia, PharmD, BCPP, MAEd Shirley Wong, PharmD, APh |
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| description | A psychiatric pharmacist can play a critical role in addressing health disparities in black patients by managing both psychiatric and nonpsychiatric conditions. Black patients experience disparities in the treatment of both hypertension and mental health disorders, highlighting the need for innovative care models. This paper describes the integration of a psychiatric pharmacist into a primary care clinic to provide comprehensive medication management for hypertension, psychiatric disorders, and tobacco use disorder in black patients. The integration of this model faced challenges, including limited pharmacist funding and provider unfamiliarity with the psychiatric pharmacist’s role. We describe how these barriers can be mitigated through relationship-building and demonstrating the pharmacist’s value in patient care. This model highlights the potential for psychiatric pharmacists to provide whole-person care, addressing both psychiatric and nonpsychiatric conditions and working to reduce health disparities. The implementation of psychiatric pharmacists in primary care settings may serve as a strategy to improve equitable health care access and outcomes for black patients. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-cf6434707aa84d06bebffb8f405fb39d2025-08-23T16:55:39ZengAmerican Association of Psychiatric PharmacistsMental Health Clinician2168-97092025-08-0115422222610.9740/mhc.2025.08.222i2168-9709-15-4-222A primary care psychiatric pharmacist clinic for addressing hypertension and mental health disparities in black patientsStephanie L. Hsia, PharmD, BCPP, MAEd0https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7377-9842Shirley Wong, PharmD, APh1https://orcid.org/0009-0000-0371-81121 (Corresponding author) Associate Professor of Clinical Pharmacy, University of Southern California Alfred E. Mann School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Los Angeles, California2 Associate Professor of Clinical Pharmacy, University of California, San Francisco School of Pharmacy, San Francisco, CaliforniaA psychiatric pharmacist can play a critical role in addressing health disparities in black patients by managing both psychiatric and nonpsychiatric conditions. Black patients experience disparities in the treatment of both hypertension and mental health disorders, highlighting the need for innovative care models. This paper describes the integration of a psychiatric pharmacist into a primary care clinic to provide comprehensive medication management for hypertension, psychiatric disorders, and tobacco use disorder in black patients. The integration of this model faced challenges, including limited pharmacist funding and provider unfamiliarity with the psychiatric pharmacist’s role. We describe how these barriers can be mitigated through relationship-building and demonstrating the pharmacist’s value in patient care. This model highlights the potential for psychiatric pharmacists to provide whole-person care, addressing both psychiatric and nonpsychiatric conditions and working to reduce health disparities. The implementation of psychiatric pharmacists in primary care settings may serve as a strategy to improve equitable health care access and outcomes for black patients.https://theijpt.org/doi/pdf/10.9740/mhc.2025.08.222psychiatric pharmacyhealth disparitieshypertensionmental healthhealth equityblack americans |
| spellingShingle | Stephanie L. Hsia, PharmD, BCPP, MAEd Shirley Wong, PharmD, APh A primary care psychiatric pharmacist clinic for addressing hypertension and mental health disparities in black patients Mental Health Clinician psychiatric pharmacy health disparities hypertension mental health health equity black americans |
| title | A primary care psychiatric pharmacist clinic for addressing hypertension and mental health disparities in black patients |
| title_full | A primary care psychiatric pharmacist clinic for addressing hypertension and mental health disparities in black patients |
| title_fullStr | A primary care psychiatric pharmacist clinic for addressing hypertension and mental health disparities in black patients |
| title_full_unstemmed | A primary care psychiatric pharmacist clinic for addressing hypertension and mental health disparities in black patients |
| title_short | A primary care psychiatric pharmacist clinic for addressing hypertension and mental health disparities in black patients |
| title_sort | primary care psychiatric pharmacist clinic for addressing hypertension and mental health disparities in black patients |
| topic | psychiatric pharmacy health disparities hypertension mental health health equity black americans |
| url | https://theijpt.org/doi/pdf/10.9740/mhc.2025.08.222 |
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