Black and minority ethnic (BME) communities continue to experience differential outcomes within the United Kingdom (UK) mental health system, despite increased attention on the area. The trauma of racism for BME academic and professional staff within higher education remains problematic against a backdrop of cultural and organisational institutional racism. Within higher education (HE), BME staff consistently face barriers in terms of accessing contextually appropriate mental health interventions that recognise the sophisticated nature of insidious racism in all its overt and covert manifestations. This paper attempts to address the issues facing ethnic minority staff within the Academy with regard to accessing mental health services at university. Importantly, this paper explores the impact of racial discrimination on BME faculty within the sector and the impact upon mental health, in addition to considering the paucity of psychological interventions available in dealing with discriminatory episodes and the need for universities to diversify healthcare professional cohorts. This study utilises the narratives of 40 BME academic and professional university staff to examine the impact of negotiating racial inequality and discrimination at university and the impact upon mental health. Other aspects examined consider the impact of belonging, isolation and marginalisation on mental health and how this consequently affects BME university staff. Conclusions and recommendations provided advocate greater diversification of mental health support systems for BME staff within universities. Conclusions drawn will also consider how existing systems can function to dismantle racial inequality and improve mental health invention for ethnic minority service users.

尽管该地区的关注度有所提高，但黑人和少数族裔（BME）社区在英国（UK）的精神卫生系统中继续经历不同的结果。在文化和组织机构种族主义的背景下，种族主义对高等教育中的BME学术和专业人员的伤害仍然是个问题。在高等教育（HE）中，BME员工在获取因地制宜的心理健康干预措施方面始终面临障碍，这些干预措施认识到阴险种族主义在所有明显和隐蔽的表现形式中都具有复杂的性质。本文试图解决学院内少数民族员工在获得大学心理健康服务方面面临的问题。重要的，本文还探讨了种族歧视对该行业内BME教师的影响以及对心理健康的影响，此外还考虑了在处理歧视性事件方面缺乏心理干预措施以及大学对医疗保健专业人群进行多样化的需求。本研究利用40名BME学术和专业大学工作人员的叙述来探讨谈判种族不平等和歧视在大学中的影响以及对心理健康的影响。研究的其他方面考虑了归属感，孤立感和边缘化对心理健康的影响，以及这如何影响BME大学员工。提供的结论和建议提倡在大学中为BME员工提供更多的心理健康支持系统。