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Black Mental Health Today

Summer 2022

Vol. 4 · 11 articles

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Public Bliss, Private Hell

By Angie Chatman and Constance Brossa
The duality of “high-functioning depression” broadens the ongoing, complex narrative about mental illness and how to address it

Letter From the Publisher

By LaTonya Summers, Ph.D.
Like clockwork, something physically comes over me every late July. There’s nothing I do to bring it on, I just feel it in my bones, and in my spirit. Then I look…

Plight of the Sole Provider

By Chasity Chandler
In our culture, being a “strong” Black woman is viewed in many ways. Many of us are the products of broken homes, parents who never married and running our own homes as…

Monetize Your Passion Through Podcasting

By Chasity Chandler
Extend reach and accessibility to care for those in need, while leveraging financial gains, from this digital form of communication

Back Where They Started

By Nedra Rhone
When adults return to their parents’ homes, boundaries must be managed – along with emotions and expectations

The Antidote for Racially Induced Trauma? Some Say It’s Yoga

By Virginia Brown
Proponents want to see more Black people allay their anxieties through regular use of this mental, physical and spiritual practice

Who’s in Black Mental Health — Summer 2022

Spotlighting S. Kent Butler Jr., Yasmin Gay, Wesley Jackson Wade and Constance Perkins.

Self-Care for Black Women

By LaTacia Ruff
Self-care is indisputably necessary, perhaps more so for Black women. Anything intentionally done to maintain your health and well-being is self-care. Although people are free to book a massage, get a pedicure…

How to Build a Business as a Couple

By Chasity Chandler
The pandemic has taught us to come to terms with roles and expectations, and establish boundaries

She Once Saved Lives. Now She Helps Transform Them

By Angie Chatman and Constance Brossa
On Aug. 20, 2013, Antoinette Tuff, the bookkeeper at R.E. Mc Nair Discovery Learning Academy in Decatur, Georgia, was taken hostage by a 20-year-old man reportedly carrying an AK-47 with more than 500…

A Primer for White Allies

By Lauren Rowello
For starters, mental health providers who want to immerse themselves in racial justice work should confront their own issues, experts say