It’s Minority Mental Health Month! 🎉 Fun fact: it was a study looking at how suicide rates differ between whites and blacks that made me realize psychology was my calling. Basically the cultural differences between the white researchers and the black study sample resulted in a theory that was largely untrue: that suicides occur less in black communities than in white ones. As you can imagine that has led to MANY harmful misconceptions and I realized the only way to have better studies about black people and mental health is to reach the level where I’m running the studies myself! I still have a ways to get there but for now, I’ll be sharing minority #mentalhealthmisconceptions in honor of #minoritymentalhealthmonth ✊🏾✊🏾✊🏾 Let me know what minority groups I should research and share facts about! Minority is a BIG umbrella term so that includes #asian #nativeamerican #lgbtq #homeless #undocumented etc. So let me know!
