Rupinder K Legha
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Rupinder K. Legha (born January 22, 1979) is an American psychiatrist and educator whose work focuses on mental health equity and structural racism in psychiatry.
Early Life and Education
Legha graduated from Duke University with honors and earned a Fulbright Scholarship to South Korea.[1] She received her M.D. from Harvard Medical School, where her thesis on physician suicide [2] was awarded the Richard Cabot Prize.[3] She completed residency raining in adult psychiatry and fellowship in child and adolescent psychiatry.
Her postgraduate honors include the American Psychiatric Association Minority Fellowship [4] and the Laughlin Fellowship.[5]
Career
Legha's clinical work emphasizes person-centered care, transparency around psychiatric interventions, and full informed consent about police involvement in crisis response.[6][7] Legha has delivered lectures and grand rounds nationwide.[8][9]. In 2022, she collaborated with Dr. Shalon’s MAP to co-develop an antiracism curriculum for reproductive medicine, aimed at addressing structural racism in medical education.[10]
Selected Works and Publications
Legha’s scholarly work focuses on child mental health, structural racism, and psychiatric ethics.[11][12][13][14] Her article, "An Antiracist Approach to Achieving Mental Health Equity," was selected by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology for maintenance of certification in both child and adult psychiatry.[15] [16] In 2024, Legha served as a guest editor for a special issue of Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Clinics of North America titled "Home and Community Based Services for Youth and Families in Crisis," alongside Kimberly Gordon-Achebe and Michelle P. Durham.[17]
References
- ↑ https://medschool.cuanschutz.edu/deans-office/cu-med-today/profilesarchives/rupinder-legha
- ↑ https://hollis.harvard.edu/primo-explore/fulldisplay?docid=01HVD_ALMA212128366140003941&context=L&vid=HVD2&lang=en_US&search_scope=everything&adaptor=Local%20Search%20Engine&tab=everything&query=any,contains,legha&offset=0
- ↑ "Commencement 2009 | Harvard Medical School". hms.harvard.edu. 2009-06-19. Retrieved 2025-05-05.
- ↑ "New Fellows Selected". Psychiatric News. 46 (18): 6–24. 2011-09-16. doi:10.1176/pn.46.18.psychnews_46_18_6_4. ISSN 0033-2704.
- ↑ "Former Laughlin Fellows - The American College of Psychiatrists". www.acpsych.org. Retrieved 2025-05-05.
- ↑ Palmer, Aria (August 5, 2024). "Morning Rounds: The very risky business of buying weight-loss drugs online". STAT. Retrieved May 5, 2025.
Legha proposes a new medical standard for responding to mental health emergencies—a "full informed consent" that gives patients a clearer picture of the potential risks of police involvement and going to the emergency room.
- ↑ Legha RK (2024) Reconsidering calling 911: Is it time to set a new standard for mental health crisis response? PLOS Ment Health 1(3): e0000084. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmen.0000084
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2SDQbELXyxU
- ↑ Semel Audio Visual AV (2019-09-03). Semel Grand Rounds, 2019-08-27, Dr. Rupinder Legha. Retrieved 2025-05-05 – via YouTube.
- ↑ "Dr. Shalon's MAP Collaborates with Rupinder Legha, MD, to Develop an Antiracism Reproductive Medicine Curriculum". EIN Presswire. August 30, 2022. Retrieved May 5, 2025.
- ↑ "There Are No Bad Kids | Psychology Today". www.psychologytoday.com. Retrieved 2025-05-05.
- ↑ Simons, Peter (2024-09-02). "Calling 911 on Someone in Crisis Risks Their Death by Police". Mad In America. Retrieved 2025-05-05.
- ↑ McGhee, Josh (2025-01-31). "California Psychiatrist Says Black Kids Overdiagnosed with 'Oppositional Defiant Disorder'". MindSite News. Retrieved 2025-05-05.
- ↑ McGhee, Josh (January 2024). "California Psychiatrist Says Black Kids Overdiagnosed With Oppositional Defiant Disorder". The Imprint. Retrieved May 8, 2025.
- ↑ https://abpn.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/2023-Psychiatry-ABCC-Article-List-Updated-5-22-24.pdf
- ↑ https://abpn.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/2023-Child-Adolescent-Psychiatry-ABCC-List.pdf
- ↑ Gordon-Achebe, Kimberly; Legha, Rupinder K.; Durham, Michelle P. (October 2024). "Home and Community Based Services for Youth and Families in Crisis". Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Clinics of North America. 33 (4): i. doi:10.1016/j.chc.2024.07.005.
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