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Mental Health Disparities Among Blacks in the United States: Shared Culpability and Responsibility to Remove the Stigma
BY KELVA EDMUNDS-WALLER, DNP, RN, CCM
As a Black woman and healthcare professional, I struggle with words like stigma used in the same sentence as Blacks, minorities and mental health. When I read this combination of words, I instinctively sense there is an assignment of blame and responsibility to the victims –Black people.