Mental Health

We are back!! New name same great show! We start off the new season introducing two new segments, “Dear White People.” and “What the Hell Happened in America this Week?” [0:45-13:50]

The main topic for this week: Mental Health in Black America[13:50]

We start our mental health discuss on how athletes' mental health issues are treated differently in America, and how athletes are expected to play/perform while dealing with mental health issues. Why isn’t mental health discuss more in Black America? [21:00] We discuss Post Traumatic Slave Syndrome [24:00] Kiara shares her personal mental health issues and how she is dealing with them and why she was afraid to share her illness with others. [25:45] Suicide rates for young Black Americans [32:00] Women dealing with Postpartum Depression. [39:00] Why are Blacks anti-doctor? [46:00]

Resources discuss on this episode:

https://therapyforblackgirls.com

https://inceptionep.com

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