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- How the George Floyd video impacts Black people’s mental health: CBS8
- Mental Health Resources for the BIPOC community: Travel & Leisure
- Great advice to be widely shared, as BIPOC therapist: protect your mental health from the relentless news cycle – Good Housekeeping
- Ask a Black Therapist: 4 Ways to support Black people’s mental health – CNN
- Why the Chauvin Trial has re-traumatized so many – CNN
- What burnout looks like for People of Color – NY1
- Why is it so hard for black women to talk about mental health? – Refinery 29
- Psychiatrists need to understand what generational trauma due to racism is – Psychiatric Times
- Fantastic work on the part of @HealTheYouth in Baltimore to help Black teens – Baltimore Sun
- There are some excellent suggestions here for how women of color can manage and address trauma and black mental health – Healthline
- Great article on @TheUnplugCollective, giving voice to and empowering previously unheard stories – Vogue
- Here’s a great mental health app catering to Black women, particularly those suffering from postpartum depression from @SheMattersio: Black Enterprise
- We love what @TheShineApp provides, and thank them for making mental health more mainstream: Digiday
- Helpful self-care info specifically focused on Black mental health: Business Insider
- So happy to hear that Taraji P Henson will be hosting a show on mental health issues, particularly those that affect the BIPOC community: NBC News
- Mental health problems are worsening in the Latinx communities as a direct result of COVID: NBC News
- We really need to talk about the disparities in mental health for children of color: CNN
- Racism and Income Inequality are huge contributors to the rising problems in Black Mental Health: NBCNews
- Anxiety is at an all time high, making the Black Mental Health crisis even more dire: ABC News
- How To Survive In A Mostly White Workplace: Tips For Marginalized Employees: NPR
- Talk to your children early and frequently about race: APA: Children Notice Race
- This is a wealth of resources everyone should bookmark: 55 Mental Health Resources for People of Color
- Michelle Obama shares her own experience with depression – helping to break the stigma: CNN – Why Michelle Obama opening up about depression is a big deal for Black women
- Great first hand account of dealing with depression as a Black man in America: Men’s Health: How a Black Psychiatrist Deals with Depression and Racism
- Wealth of resources for Black women regarding mental health: Good Housekeeping: Resources for Black women seeking mental health support
- Good books for kids about racism: American Psychological Association: Books about Race & Ethnicity
- Helpful information from the National Alliance on Mental Illness: NAMI: Black Mental Health Resources
- Relevant, current, and engaging mental health content and stories specifically routed in communities of color: Ourselves Black
- An organization designed to develop, promote and sponsor trusted culturally-relevant educational forums, trainings and referral services that support the health and well-being of Black people and other vulnerable communities: Black Mental Wellness
- Great resources for understanding racism: Racism, bias, and discrimination
- Black mental health and how to find a therapist: Huff Post – Find a Black therapist who can address racial trauma, anxiety and more
- How to talk to kids about racism: USA Today: What do we tell our children?
- Mental health challenges in the Black community – Kanye West’s recent bipolar manic episode: Forbes – Kanye’s breakdown stigmatizes mental health challenges
- For Black Men, Income and Professional success is not necessarily protective against depression: Washington Post – Depression in Black Men
- Mental health disparities and racism in healthcare need to be drastically changed: Huffpost: BIPOC’s struggle with getting help for mental health issues
- Supporting Black mental health is even more important now than ever: Huffpost: Become an ally in supporting Black mental health
- Black Women face more barriers to mental health treatment than others: Today: How racism affects Black women’s mental health
- A Growing Push to Treat Racism’s Impact on Mental Health: Wall Street Journal – Psychologists are working to identify stress caused by racism and develop interventions to address it.
- Resources from the Anxiety and Depression Association of America: ADAA: Black community mental health – finding help