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  • From forbes,com   Date 4/12/2021 12:00:00 AM

    Due to intergenerational stress built over hundreds of years, healing for the Black community can look very different from other individuals. Handling the unique intersectionalities of personal trauma and institutional racism is a challenging barrier to overcome at any time, but especially difficult today. Trying to process the dramatic shift the coronavirus outbreak caused, in addition to the continual acts of violence and racism against Black bodies.

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  • From abcnewsgo.com   Date 3/7/2021 12:00:00 AM

    "A man got on the train without a mask," said Tang, a 31-year-old Chinese American born in New Jersey and raised in Port St. Lucie, Florida, "and he sits across from me. He started saying, 'Go back to China,' and started spitting all over me, and said all these things about Chinese people causing the virus."
     

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  • From nbcwashington.com   Date 3/4/2021 12:00:00 AM

    As the pandemic continues, it’s shining a light on racial disparities across the country, including the barriers that keep some Black men and women from accessing quality mental health care. 
    Dr. Erica Richards at Sibley Memorial Hospital said stigma and a fear of being seen as weak are keeping many from seeking treatment. For communities of color, she said it’s really been a “double hit.” 
     
     

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  • From cnn.com   Date 1/23/2021 12:00:00 AM

    Ray Conner traces his ambition to be a barber back to when he was a kid in Detroit. Growing up, he was abused. He watched his mother battle drug and alcohol addictions. He often went to bed hungry. When he needed to get away, he went down to A Cut Above Barber Shop on Eight Mile Road for a fresh cut and some companionship from his barber, Jessie. 

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  • From abcnews.go.com   Date 11/15/2020 12:00:00 AM

    New York City Mayor Mayor Bill de Blasio and first lady Chirlane McCray announced a pilot project this week that experts say could save lives by using mental health professionals instead of police in response to 911 calls that may be mental health emergencies. The program, modeled after the CAHOOTS program in Oregon, comes after months of historic protests calling for an end to police brutality.

     

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  • From bbc.uk   Date 10/2/2020 12:00:00 AM

    Anyone having "problems of the mind" is often considered a burden upon the family says Dr Rakish Rana, founder of the Clear Coach, who added that a lack of education on mental health means it is considered a taboo subject. "To support those with mental health issues, there needs to be more awareness in the South Asian community.
     
     

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  • From tampapay.com   Date 9/23/2020 12:00:00 AM

    In her years as a mental health practitioner, Kyaien Conner saw a system that fell short for people of color. Most of her clients were white, even though she worked at mental health agencies in communities of color. And the tools used for diagnosis had been fine-tuned for predominantly white communities, leading to care that was insufficient for people of other races.
     
     

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  • From nbcnews.com   Date 9/26/2020 12:00:00 AM

    As a child, Reginald Howard struggled with destructive visions, moments where he imagined destroying the shelves at the corner store or pushing another child down, but when he tried to identify what was happening, his mother attributed it to his “Howard blood.” “At that point, I probably should have been in therapy but because there’s such a stigma behind therapy in the Black community
     
     

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  • From cnn.com   Date 9/7/2020 12:00:00 AM

    My heartbeats are heavy. It becomes difficult to catch my breath. My hands shake and get sweaty," said Aritri Paul of the terrifying panic attacks that strike more frequently since India went into coronavirus lockdown in March. India's government started easing the most severe restrictions on daily life in June, but the effects of the lockdown on residents' mental health.
     
     

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  • From vtcynic.com   Date 9/9/2020 12:00:00 AM

    In the discussion of racial violence in the US, there’s a common claim that racism and bigotry are mental illnesses. I cannot count how many times I have heard that racists are mentally ill or that white supremacy is an illness. Ignorant statements such as these are extremely harmful and demonize people with mental illnesses. 
     
     

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