Mental health awareness is crucial for promoting a better understanding of mental health and reducing the stigma surrounding mental illness. It can also encourage more people to seek help and support when they need it. Here are some tips for good mental health: Mental Health and Minorities Mental health issues can affect anyone regardless of […]
Seasonal Affective Disorder, or SAD, is more than just those winter blues or a seasonal “funk.” SAD is a type of depression that is most commonly associated with the fall and winter months. Symptoms of SAD can include: What can you do about it? A couple of things to remember:
Dementia and Alzheimer’s are difficult for any community. The Black community, however, has unique challenges that make navigating this disease even more difficult. Such health disparities stem from a confluence of systemic gaps: lack of culturally competent providers, socioeconomic inequities, mistrust of doctors, stigma about symptoms of dementia and education that isn’t tailored to reach […]
A student’s high school years can be filled with many challenges. Whether it’s wading through the academic rigors of preparing for life afterwards or adjusting to the social structure, it can create a lot of anxiety. This is especially so when the student is also an athlete, as they have another barrier that they have […]
Clinicians of Color is a community of mental health professionals whose mission is to connect BIPOC mental health communities to services. Clinicians of Color was founded by Lisa Savage, LCSW, and Kim L. Knight five years ago. These two mental health professionals met on Facebook and immediately clicked. They realized that Black and Brown therapists were […]
New 988 number, billed as part of the state’s crisis system expansion, won’t guarantee immediate access to services On Saturday, Virginia was part of a nationwide transition to 988, a simple three-digit hotline for mental health emergencies. The new number replaced the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline, a longer — and harder to remember — 800 […]
Anxiety disorders are the most common mental illness in the United States, affecting more than 40 million adults. Over the past few years, monitoring and the subsequent treatment of anxiety has posed several challenges. The world has become increasingly aware of the need for more ways to not only discuss, but to aid, people who […]
June is Men’s Health Month, a national observance used to raise awareness about health care for men. As we come to the end of the month, we are featuring author Deon Brown and his book, Non-Negotiable Self-Care. Black men especially can be victims of neglecting self-care and this powerful book makes self-care non-negotiable for all. […]
Around 10 percent of people charged with assaulting a law enforcement officer in Virginia over a nearly decade-long period had a history of mental illness, according to data from University of Virginia researchers presented Tuesday to the state’s Behavioral Health Commission. Altogether, between 2009 and 2018, a total of 2,213 people with a history of mental illness were […]
This is a question that Black communities have tried to answer for millennia, with no clear answer in sight. According to the American Journal of Public Health, major depression is most prevalent in Hispanic (10.8%) and Black (8.9%) of communities, with escalating numbers of anxiety growing in AAPI communities (17.21%) in 2020. There are several […]
