African American women, who make up 13 percent of the female population in the United States, are making significant strides in education, participation, health, and other areas, but there is a ...

Download this fact sheet (pdf). Also see: Equal Health Care for All: Opportunities to Address Health Care Disparities in Health Care Reform by Lesley Russell Racial and ethnic minorities living in ...

African Americans in the United States are less likely to receive accurate diagnoses than their Caucasian counterparts. Culture biases against mental health professionals and health care ...

Mental illness is a real issue which haunts many people; however, there is one particular demographic that is consistently overlooked—those who are African American.

Why I created a mental health app for African Americans. Suicide survivor Jasmin Pierre created an app, The Safe Place. By GMA Team. May 30, 2019, 4:03 AM. 5:27.

It’s not like African-Americans don’t want mental health care, it’s just that they are very cautious about going outside of their community as the first step in getting care. ...

That problem is compounded by the fact that for minorities, especially African Americans, mental-health care often gets provided in prison, ...

Only ⅓ of black Americans who need mental health care receive it; Physician-patient communication differs for African Americans and whites. Physicians were 23% more verbally dominant and engaged ...

Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr.'s recent diagnosis of bipolar disorder has focused attention on the shame that sometimes accompanies mental health diagnoses in the African-American community. Psychiatrist ...

Many black Americans see depression as a condition or fact of life. If you believe depression is not an illness or is a character flaw most likely you will not seek help.

The conference, titled “Building Mindful Connections: The Invincibility of Mindful Self-Care for Helping Professionals,” will be held virtually on Oct. 31.