Tuesday, August 8, 2017

Everyone Deserves Good Black Mental Health

By Jeffrey Graham


There are some wonderful groups and organizations that are devoted this this very sort of thing. These sort of groups can make changes on both a national and a local level to make changes that can affect countless people's lives everywhere. By doing the very noble work that they do, they are helping more people become aware of black mental health.

It is very important when a person is dealing with disorders and diseases of this nature that they are able to seek the appropriate help and get an intervention that works for them. There will always be people in this world who hold onto their racist views and do not think it is a very big deal if African American people are suffering from these problems. Those viewpoints should simply be ignored because they hold no place in a civil world.

It is an unfortunate thing that so much crime and bad situations exist in communities where there are a lot of people of color. This has given certain people a chance to push their racist agendas by saying that the crime naturally comes from those areas. In fact, it is more because these people were oppressed for pretty much all of our nation's history and the oppression is just starting to let up now, but it takes time for all of the effects to go away.

It does not take a genius to figure out that social and economic problems lead to other problems. While it is easy to see how these things are connected, the cause of the socioeconomic problems came from something else in turn that is sometimes surprising. That would be the slavery and segregation of these people for all those years.

There are plenty of situations that put a person at a higher risk of suffering from these types of problems. People who habitually use drugs put themselves at a greater risk of these things by doing so. Not only that, but these people are more likely to let these problems persist.

Living homeless is always difficult for obvious reasons. These include exposure to the elements and having little to no privacy, which is never a good living situation. That is when you are at the highest risk of having these kinds of problems, and this can also contribute to the issues.

Some people come into contact with others who hold certain racist beliefs based on stereotypes and other fallacies. Even if you are not directly involved in this struggle for everyone to have happy and healthy lives, there are still other ways that you can do your part in simple conversation. One thing that you can do is explain why this belief is harmful.

Although it may be hard to believe for some people, when you go in and see a professional, she or he is actually there to help you and not try to put you into your place. This is an understandable reaction for many who can recall some of the terrible incidents in the past and that still are happening now today. Although authority has not always been this group's best friend, it can be a help.




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