Poet’s Statement: The overall theme of this work reflects the phenomenon in which mental health resources at academic institutions feel less accommodating to underrepresented minority students. This is due to the interplay of several factors including cultural barriers and stigma.While many universities have initiatives that promote diversity and inclusion, resources created to improve mental health lack minority representation or professionals with culturally sensitive therapy models. As someone who battles depression and has sought therapy in the past, the purpose of this poem is to shed more light on these issues that exist in many academic institutions across the USA. The piece opens up with an allegory of inclusiveness. The poetic imagery of nests represents settings in which students receive mental health services in academia. Nests are primarily used by birds to care for their young, and each type of nest is built to accommodate specific birds. However, the narrator is explicit about the idea that every fledging, or student, has access to these resources. The poem transitions to the narrator’s inner conflicts of community shame in seeking mental health care; for example, psychiatric illness or disability is associated with weakness or ostracization in some communities. These realities are difficult to confront despite continued attempts by academic institutions, and their representatives, to destigmatize receiving mental health care. Moreover, the narrator alludes to a general distrust of medical professionals among minorities. The final stanza completes the poem by showing that the narrator is one of the firsts in their community with a seemingly burdenless ability to seek counseling through their academic institution. However, the narrator’s doubts come to light after discovering that they remain somewhat helpless following each session. The poem ends ambiguously as the narrator’s uncertainty can originate from many different factors. These factors include, but are not limited to, the lack of cultural awareness and relatability shared between clinicians and clients, the inability by clinicians to reframe their therapy models to better suit underrepresented minority clients, and various forms of discrimination manifested by clinicians.

中文翻译：

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博学的巢穴。

诗人声明：这项工作的总体主题反映了这样一种现象，即学术机构的心理健康资源对人数较少的少数民族学生感到不适应。这是由于文化障碍和污名化等多种因素的相互作用所致。虽然许多大学都有促进多样性和包容性的倡议，但为改善心理健康而创建的资源却缺乏少数派代表或具有文化敏感性治疗模式的专业人员。作为与抑郁症作斗争并过去寻求治疗的人，这首诗的目的是让人们更加了解美国许多学术机构中存在的这些问题。这件作品以包容性的寓言开始。巢的诗意形象代表了学生在学术界获得心理健康服务的环境。鸟巢主要被鸟类用来照顾幼鸟，每种类型的鸟巢都可以容纳特定的鸟类。但是，讲述人明确指出了每个新人或学生都可以使用这些资源的想法。这首诗转变为叙述者在寻求心理保健方面的内在羞辱。例如，精神疾病或残疾与某些社区的虚弱或排斥有关。尽管学术机构及其代表继续企图污蔑接受心理保健，但仍难以面对这些现实。此外，叙述者还提到少数族裔对医疗专业人员的普遍不信任。最后的节通过表明叙述者是他们社区中的第一批成员，在看似无负担的能力下通过其学术机构寻求咨询来完成这首诗。但是，叙述者的疑惑在发现每次会话后仍然有些无助之后才暴露出来。由于叙述者的不确定性可能源于许多不同的因素，因此这首诗含糊不清。这些因素包括但不限于临床医生和客户之间缺乏文化意识和相关性，临床医生无法重组他们的治疗模型以更好地适应代表性不足的少数民族客户以及临床医生表现出的各种形式的歧视。叙述者的疑惑在发现每次会话后仍然有些无助之后才暴露出来。由于叙述者的不确定性可能源于许多不同的因素，因此这首诗含糊不清。这些因素包括但不限于临床医生和客户之间缺乏文化意识和相关性，临床医生无法重组他们的治疗模型以更好地适应代表性不足的少数民族客户以及临床医生表现出的各种形式的歧视。叙述者的疑惑在发现每次会话后仍然有些无助之后才暴露出来。由于叙述者的不确定性可能源于许多不同的因素，因此这首诗含糊不清。这些因素包括但不限于临床医生和客户之间缺乏文化意识和相关性，临床医生无法重组他们的治疗模型以更好地适应代表性不足的少数民族客户以及临床医生表现出的各种形式的歧视。