13 mental health resources for black people trying to cope right now
Posted on Jun 03 2020
Mashable
NAMI mentioned
The coronavirus outbreak, which has disproportionately killed black Americans, along with the recent police killing of George Floyd and the protests that followed to demand justice for his death, have forced black people to experience extraordinary pain and anguish. Tending to one's mental health at such a moment may seem like an overwhelming task for numerous reasons, including because black people routinely face barriers to seeking mental health treatment, like culturally incompetent therapists and discrimination in healthcare settings. Mashable asked both Jameta Nicole Barlow, a community health psychologist and the National Alliance on Mental Illness to share mental health resources specifically for black people. (NAMI recently published a list here.)