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While the experience of being Black in America varies tremendously, shared cultural factors play a role in helping define mental health and supporting well-being, resiliency, and healing. Family connections, values, expression through spirituality or music, and reliance on community and religious networks are enriching and can be great sources of strength and support.
This shared experience also involves encountering racism, discrimination, and inequality that can have a significant impact on one's mental well-being. Being perceived or treated as inferior due to skin color can be extremely stressful and even traumatic. Moreover, individuals from the Black community often encounter structural barriers when accessing necessary care and treatment.
Learning Objectives:
Explore and share their own cultural, racial, and religious backgrounds and values.
Identify various, prevalent mental health disorders in the African American community.
List the barriers African Americans encounter when seeking or sustaining mental health treatment.
Name three important domains often present in African Americans' lives that display good health and well-being.
Address ethics and cultural competency.
Target Audience and Course Delivery: This includes, but is not limited to, Psychologists, Social Workers, Counselors, and other mental health professionals. The instructional level of the activity is advanced.
Location: Virtual
Sponsored By: American College of Mental Health
Cost: $100.00
For questions, email Dr. Roosevelt Cohens, LICSW, LCSW-C at rcohens@willtohealth.com