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Breaking the Silence: Tackling the Mental Health Crisis in the Black Community Head-On

Breaking the Silence: Tackling the Mental Health Crisis in the Black Community Head-On ‍Introduction to the Mental Health Crisis in the Black Community As a Black man and mental health professional, I am acutely aware of the mental health crisis that plagues the Black community. For far too long, our …

Dressed to Kill but Dying on the Inside ~ Confronting Mental Illness In the Black Community

There is an African Proverb that says, “If there is no enemy on the inside, the enemy on the outside can do us no harm.” The problem with the Black collective is that the enemy on the inside is one that we refuse to acknowledge — one we like to …