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Dashawna J Fussell-Ware1, Heather A Jones2, Jasmin Perrier3
1University of Tennessee Knoxville College of Social Work, Nashville, Tennessee.
Abstract:
Black youth are experiencing a mental health crisis characterized by increasing rates of depressive episodes, suicide attempts, and deaths by suicide.1,2 These increases are troubling because Black youth are experiencing even more mental health stressors due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the ever-present onslaught of anti-Black racism. Despite evidence of increased need, Black youth are still less likely to participate in mental health treatment compared to White youth. There are several systemic facilitators of these disparities. However, the presence of stigma and a lack of accurate knowledge about mental illness and treatment sources within the Black community are individual- and community-based characteristics that can keep Black youth out of care.
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