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Black adults, especially older individuals, view mental health conditions as a consequence of personal weakness. Socioeconomic status: 10.4% of Black adults have no health insurance. Medical mistrust:
Another study revealed that Black parents thought that including mental health professionals in their personal affairs would ‘make everything worse’” [13] (Murry et al., 2011, p. 1123). The fear of the adverse repercussions prevented some Black youth from seeking mental health services [ 1 ] and African American mothers specifically had ...
Still, her allegations and references to mental health struggles have resonated with many Black professionals who say they have faced challenges in the workplace.
Barriers to mental health services are greater for Black and Latino people.
A survey showed only 37% of African-American adults sought mental health treatment, despite being 20% more likely to have a mental health condition. Psychologist: Black History Month and mental ...
However, this may not be entirely indicative of the true trends with respect to mental health in the population of Asian Americans. According to the NGO Mental Health in America, 5.4% of Americans identify as Asian American, and 13% of this population reported having a diagnosable mental illness in the past year. [194]
Aggrey Washington Burke FRCPsych (born 1943) is a British retired psychiatrist and academic, born in Jamaica, who spent the majority of his medical career at St George's Hospital in London, UK, specialising in transcultural psychiatry and writing literature on changing attitudes towards black people and mental health.
The theme of this year’s World Mental Health Day observed on October 10 is “Mental health is a universal human right.” I want myself and my fellow Black American men to claim this right, for ...