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Care for Your Mind is a place where you and others affected by the mental health care system can openly discuss its strengths and weakness with thought leaders and advocates so that together we can build a solution that works.
* Discrimination by providers and cultural microaggressions, making accurate diagnosis more elusive and timely treatment less likely * Social determinants of health, including lack of income; statistically, people in minority populations are statistically more likely to straddle the poverty line throughout their lives and are less likely to get help for mental health concerns. Because primary care providers, including family nurse practitioners, are key to ensuring that all patients receive comprehensive care, it’s incredibly important that the future FNPs enrolled in the program are armed with the knowledge to be resources for those who are vulnerable to the negative health effects of discrimination. Some great starting points to remove barriers to mental health care are to continue to reduce the stigma associated with mental illness, as many people won’t seek help because they are embarrassed or scared. Additionally, policy changes can increase mental health care coverage and community-level outreach can help people understand the importance of maintaining good mental health, just as they would physical health.
Care for Your Mind is extending its coverage of National Minority Mental Health Awareness Month (NMMHAM) into August, recognizing that the issues of stigma and access to care aren’t limited to July. It’s thanks to people affiliated with NAMI that we have National Minority Mental Health Awareness Month. The resolution aimed to highlight the need to improve access to mental health treatment, promote public awareness of mental illness, and especially enhance public awareness of mental illness among minority populations. National Eating Disorders Association (NEDA) Check out NEDA’s blog, which compiles several posts from people of minority communities that reveal their experiences with mental health issues.
My dad was physically abusive towards my mom and, after he moved to his own place, he began abusing me on visits. Growing up, black people around me said that we don’t have depression, we don’t have eating disorders— My biggest test came when I decided to talk to my parents about my mental health and their role in my struggles. My message to my community is don’t let the stigma that has been pushed upon us keep us from getting the help we deserve.
It can be worrisome for families to receive a mental health diagnosis, so it is important for treatment providers to help them understand what a particular diagnosis means and to instill hope that therapy can help improve the situation or address the problem. Culturally-competent care increases the likelihood that patients from diverse cultural backgrounds keep coming to treatment and remain engaged in therapy. He completed internship training in the Clinical Child Psychology Track at SUNY Upstate Medical University in Syracuse, NY, and received his doctorate in Clinical-Community Psychology from the University of Illinois in 2011. Dr. Lim’s research and clinical intervention interests include child/adolescent development, depression and anxiety disorders, parenting practices and family functioning, and cross-cultural psychology, with a particular focus on Asian and Latino immigrant mental health.