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Black Mental Health Today

Spring 2023

Vol. 7 · 11 articles

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On Racial Ambiguity and Mental Health

By Nedra Rhone
Research shows people of mixed race face particular pressures

Letter From the Publisher

By LaTonya Summers, Ph.D.
This spring season is wicked. It came in early and with full intention to force winter to loosen its icy, cold grip. From the way I’ve been sneezing and constantly wiping at…

What Does Your Credit Score Say About You?

By Chasity Chandler
Age may be nothing but a number, but your credit score is another matter. Don’t let it say things about you that don’t align with who you are.

4 Major Benefits of Purchasing Rental Property

By Chasity Chandler
Many mental health professionals are intimidated by the thought of acquiring rental property. However, there are several options (multifamily properties, real estate development, commercial real estate, etc.) for becoming a real estate…

Plugging the School-to-Prison Pipeline

By Anna Dimond
Parents and mental health professionals play crucial roles in altering the trajectory of students’ lives.

When Company Culture Is Contaminated

By Vanessa Infanzon
Mental health professionals provide support to clients coping with a toxic work environment

Who’s in Black Mental Health — Spring 2023

Spotlighting Devona Stalnaker-Shofner, Anjanette Young, Mark Viel and Alfonso Ferguson.

Book Review: ‘Playing a New Game’

By LaTacia Ruff
Tammy Lewis Wilborn is a retired licensed professional counselor, clinical supervisor and counselor educator with 20 years of experience as a clinician. “Playing a New Game” is her inaugural book. Through personal anecdotes,…

Fighting Fair: The Ultimate Couple’s Challenge

By Chasity Chandler
Relationships are tricky. There will be ups and downs, times you dislike one another and other times you consider throwing in the towel. Couples come to counseling for many reasons. One of…

Racism, Housing Policies and Mental Health

By Anna Dimond
Since the 1930s, a confluence of race-based policies and lending protocols have created longstanding barriers for Black Americans to buying homes. One of the first policies, redlining, effectively barred Black families from…

Tripping Toward Wellness

By Rudri Bhatt Patel
Use of ketamine for those with treatment-resistant depression grows. Practitioners stress importance of screening patients before prescribing it.