Black Mental Health over Trauma

  As a clinician, I believe that e liminating mental health disparities for minorities, will take communication , treatment interventions  and federal policies that provide the culturally sensitive outreach and education al  support necessary to train a diverse workforce to meet the mental health needs of our  people. Low treatment of minorities with mental illness is a major public health problem , best treated by providers who are clinically and culturally adept at helping minorities overcome environmental, cultural, spiritual, and traditional trauma.  Minorities often suffer from poor mental health outcomes due to multiple factors including : •  inaccessibility of quality mental health care services •  cultural stigma surrounding mental  healthcare •  systemic discrimination, •  an overall lack of awareness about mental health.  These factors can present challenges when communicating mental health concerns. Minorities have less a...

 The more pain we endure, the stronger that we are. Is that not the sentiment that we have been taught to live by since we were born? One can argue that this same attitude is what has damaged our community the most. We’re to believe that the harder we work, the more we will be deemed successful. We must not show sadness or we are deemed to be weak. Or better yet, we must not tell our business that occurs in the home because Heaven forbid we as a community come together to share our similar struggles to weaken our family but actually connect with other families that are dealing with the same struggles and come together to find solutions to build together. This blog has been created in order for us a minority community to come together to share our stories, provide resources for us to get the health we need and also provide professional advise from individuals that work within the community of Mental Health Awareness. In order for us to see change, we must be the change that we seek....