Minorities Less Likely to Seek Mental Health Help

Emotions R Us podcast with Kaleesha S. Bent is a discussion of the availability (or lack thereof) of mental health access and quality for minorities.

Mental illness affects one in five adults and one in 10 children in America. The numbers are indeed staggering. Even more alarming is that minorities are less likely to receive diagnosis and treatment for their mental illness, have less access to and availability of mental health services and often receive a poorer quality of mental health care – reports the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Minority Health.

Minorities are less likely to receive diagnosis and treatment for their mental illness, have less access to and availability of mental health services and often receive a poorer quality of mental health care.

Full article can be found on America Out Loud.