Here’s How Racism Is Destroying Your Mental Health

There’s no denying the importance of mental health care. Black public figures — including Megan Thee Stallion — have repeatedly raised crucial awareness around mental health. But what happens when the things keeping you up at night are entirely outside of your control? Small Town Horror: The Story Of A Teacher Driven From Her Job By An Anti-CRT Group Off English A new three-part series from the Lancet Psychiatry Journal on the impact of racism on mental health explores what society and mental health professionals need to do better if we’re actually going to tackle mental health issues in the Black community. Spoiler alert: it’s not all in our heads. Advertisement The researchers note that racism has to be “addressed directly” if we’re going to eradicate racial inequities in health, including mental health. “Empirical evidence shows that education, housing, income, access to and quality of health care, and environmental and psychosocial stressors are all inextricably linked to systems of racism,” they wrote. Advertisement Lancet researchers also tackled issues within the mental health care space — namely that it’s not set up for Black people. Advertisement “The definitions and frames of mental health and mental illness, and our processes and prescriptions...