Treatment

  • Only one out of three African Americans who need mental health care receive it. (National Library of Medicine)
  • Compared with the rest of the population, African Americans are less likely to be offered either evidence-based medication therapy or psychotherapy. (National Library of Medicine)
  • Black people experiencing mental health conditions—especially those with schizophrenia, bipolar disorders, and other psychoses—are more likely to be incarcerated than people of other races. (American Psychiatric Association)
  • A 2018 study found that Black children between the ages of five and 12 are about twice as likely to die by suicide as white children of the same age. (JAMA Pediatrics)

    • Constance talks about her experience with her son and the delays she encountered getting him the help he needed.

    Constance shares about the difficulty she had getting services, her dealings with the police, and her challenges in getting the needed supports for her son.

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