Sarah Vinson, M.D.

Sarah Y. Vinson, M.D.  

Professor & Chair

Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences

Medical Advisor

African American Behavioral Health Center of Excellence
E-mail: svinson@msm.edu

Education

POSTGRADUATE:
Emory School of Medicine
Fellowship: Child & Adolescent Psychiatry

Emory School of Medicine
Fellowship: Forensic Psychiatry

Cambridge Health Aliance - Harvard Medical School
Residency: General Psychiatry

GRADUATE:
University of Florida College of Medicine
Degree: Doctor of Medicine

UNDERGRADUATE:
Florida A&M University
Degree: Bachelor of Science Chemistry

Research Interests

Social Justice and Mental Health, Decriminalization of Trauma and Mental Illness, Black Mental Health

Board Certification

General/Adult Psychiatry
Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
Forensic Psychiatry

Publications

  • McMickens, C., Jackson, N., Williams, K., Reese, L., Hardeman, L., Vinson, S. Justice-Involved Youth: Support for Community and Family Interventions. Child Adolesc Psychiatr Clin N Am. 2024; 33(4). doi.org/10.1016/j.chc.2024.02.005.
  • Williams, K., French, A., Jackson, N., McMickens, C., White, D., Vinson, S. Mental Health Crisis Responses and (In)Justice: Intrasystem and Intersystem Implications. Psychiatric Clinics of North America. 2024, Volume 47, Issue 3. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psc.2024.04.001
  • Ogbu-Nwobodo, L., Shim, R., Vinson, S., Fitelson, E., Biggs, A., McLemore, M., Thomas, M., Godzich, M., Mangurian, C.. Mental Health Implication of Abortion Restrictions for Historically Marginalized Populations. The New England Journal of Medicine, October 2022, Volume 387,#17. https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMms2211124
  • Wamuo, C., Pearson, M., Vinson, S. The Collaborative Advocate: Psychiatrists’ Role in Addressing Criminal Legal Involvement,Psychiatric Services, October 2022. https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.22073010
  • Goldman, M., Vinson, S. Centering Equity in Mental Health Crisis Services. World Psychiatry. May 2022, Volume 21, #2. doi.org/10.1002/wps.20968
  • Vinson, S., Dennis, A. Systemic, Racial Justice-Informed Solutions to Shift “Care” from the Criminal Legal to the Mental Health Care System. Psychiatric Services. 2021, 72(12):1428-1433
  • Vinson, S., Kamara, A. Disabled Individuals and Structural Trauma: Implications for Mental Health Providers. Psychiatric Annals. 2021, 51(11):513-515. doi.org/10.3928/00485713-20211012-01
  • Shadravan S.M., Edwards M.L., Vinson, S. Dying at the Intersections: Police-Involved Killings of Black People With Mental Illness. Psychiatric Services. 2021, 72(6):623-625. doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.202000942
  • Murray, P., Vinson, SY. Social Determinants of Children’s Mental Health. In: Parekh, R., Al-Mateen, C., Lisotto, M., Carter, R. eds. Cultural Psychiatry in Children, Adolescents, and Families. American Psychiatric Association Publishing; 2020. Chapter 10.
  • Fowler, B., Vinson, S. Digital Media, Culture, and Child and Adolescent Mental Health In: Parekh, R., Al-Mateen, C., Lisotto, M., Carter, R. eds. Cultural Psychiatry in Children, Adolescents, and Families. American Psychiatric Association Publishing; 2020. Chapter 14./li>
  • Shim, RS, Vinson, SY. eds. Social (In)Justice and Mental Health. American Psychiatric Association Publishing. 2020
  • Vinson, S., Waldman, R. The Pandemic Paused the U.S. School to Prison Pipeline: Potential Lessons Learned. The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health. 2020, 4(11):799-800. 10.1016/S2352-4642(20)30306-0
  • Vinson, S., Coffey, TT, Jackson, N, McMickens, CL, McGregor, B, Leifman, S. Two Systems, One Population: Mental Healthcare, Criminal Justice and Marginalized Populations Living with Mental Illness. Psychiatric Clinics of North America. 2020, 43(3):525-538. doi.org/10.1016/j.psc.2020.05.006

Presentations

Academic Grand Rounds and National Peer-Reviewed Presentations

 

  • We Should All Be Child Advocates: A Call to Action for All In Promoting Population Mental Health
  • Social (In)Justice and Mental Health
  • Social Determinants of Children’s Mental Health
  • Ghosts in the Office : Structural Racism and Black Mental Health Inequities
  • Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder: Impairment and (Under)Treatment and Stigma

Honors and Awards

  • 2023 Andrea Delgado Memorial Lecture Award Black Psychiatrists of America
  • 2022 Creative Scholarship Award from The Society for the Study of Psychiatry Culture for the text Social (In)Justice and Mental Health
  • Alpha Omega Alpha Honors Medical Society
  • 2020 NAMI Exemplary Psychiatrist Award
  • 2020 APA Minority Fellowship Jeanne Spurlock Outstanding Alumna Award
  • 2018 University of Florida College of Medicine Outstanding Young Alumna Award

Professional Societies

  • American College of Psychiatry
  • American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
  • American Association of Community Psychiatry
  • American Psychiatric Association
  • Black Psychiatrists of America