By Vincent Iannelli — 2020
These behaviors are more common than you might think with an estimated range of 6.4% to 30.8% of teens admitting to trying to harm themselves.
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Thousands of Black women suffer from anxiety. What’s worse is that many of us have been raised to believe we are Strong Black Women and that seeking help shows weakness.
In 1974, playwright Ntozake Shange published For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When The Rainbow Is Enuf. The book would go on to inspire legions of women for decades and would later become the subject and title of a hugely popular movie in the fall of 2010.
Alzo Slade participates in an “Emotional Emancipation Circle,” an Afrocentric support group created by the Community Healing Network and the Association of Black Psychologists. It’s a safe space for Black people to share personal experiences with racism and to process racial trauma.
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Shame is at the intersection of individual psychology healing and social change. Clinically, when we follow the path of our shame, we experience the greatest healing, and culturally, when we move past the power of shame we can act together to improve civil rights for all.
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The Jed Foundation (JED) exists to protect the emotional well-being of our nation’s 75 million teens and young adults and prevent suicide.
We've been seeing more and more people talking about mental health within the media, but within our own families and communities, mental health still seems to be a taboo topic.
Before Shawna Murray-Browne’s brother was murdered, she dreamt about it - trauma from seeing Black men being killed. The integrated psychotherapist now focuses on empowering BIPOC to access caring & healing.
Spoken word meet social critique in this power piece exploring the cyclical nature of mental health challenges within the black community.
Did you know that in the United States, over 10.3 million adults have serious thoughts of suicide and/or battle with mental health struggles privately while continuing to produce and perform publicly? Imagine living with a constant, lingering private struggle, while performing in front of the world.
The parents of America’s 3.6 million black children under age six face unique challenges and, until now, there has not been one complete resource for them.