Black American Women and Mental Health.

Sex, psychics and mental health―all considerably taboo topics in American society, and especially in minority communities. Yet the negative stigma attached to mental health among Black women has particularly challenging consequences that I have witnessed firsthand within my own communities. There is a general lack of understanding regarding mental health, and when combined with negative historical and current portrayals of Black women in media, along with the struggles of being a Black person in America, the acknowledgement and treatment of mental health disorders becomes either inadequate or nonexistent for Black American women. Access here.