Mental Health and the Black Community with Sarah Fox

This Black History month and we wanted to highlight our friend and mental health advocate, Sarah Fox. Sarah is is shattering stigma around mental health in the black community on her podcast and @rough.edges.podcast.

In the episode Sarah shares: • her experiences as a black woman living with bipolar 1 disorder in the US. • the added stigmas and barriers that black folks face. • mental illness stigmas in church • what she thinks needs to change and how white folks can come along side as allies. She gives us a list below of black creators, authors and therapist to follow and learn from. We are so honoured that Sarah was willing to come on and have this hard and necessary conversation.

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Black IG creators/therapists to follow or book recs of black folks talking about mental health & mental illness.

Dr. Monica A. Coleman, Bipolar Faith (@revdrmonica) Truth’s Table - Dr. Christina Edmondson, Ekemini Uwan (@truthstable) Dr. Atasha Jordan - Psychiatrist, Faith & Mental Health (@atashajordan) Jamie Grace- The Jamie Grace Podcast (@jamiegraceh) Morgan Harper Nichols (@morganharpernichols) Bianca Cotton - Behind the Confident Smile Podcast (@behindtheconfidentsmilepodcast) Brianna Miller - I AM, I Affirm Me (@ia.m._) Kobe Campbell - Psychotherapist, Trauma Therapist, The Healing Circle Podcast (@kobecampbell_) Rebecca C. Werts - Therapist, Speaker, Writer, Faith + Mental Health (@rebeccacwerts)

Article Links:

Exploring the Mental Health Stigma in Black Communities by Amy Morin & Medically verified by Dr. Akeem Marsh: https://www.verywellmind.com/exploring-the-mental-health-stigma-in-black-communities-5078964

Addressing Mental Health in the Black Community by Dr. Thomas A. Vance, Columbia University Department of Psychiatry: https://www.columbiapsychiatry.org/news/addressing-mental-health-black-community

Religion and Mental Health in Racial and Ethnic Minority Populations: A Review of the Literature Ann W Nguyen, PhD: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7518711/

Racial Disparities Lead to Poor Mental Health Care for Black Americans by Shannon Lee: https://www.verywellmind.com/racial-disparities-mental-health-5072490

Mental Health Diagnostic Considerations in Racial/Ethnic Minority Youth by June Liang, Brittany E. Matheson, and Jennifer M. Douglas: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4916917/

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