Black and African Americans and other minority groups, experience barriers to behavioral health services and care including:
Twenty-one percent of Black and African Americans reported having a mental illness, and Black Americans have similar rates of substance use disorder.
- Experiences of bias, stemming from historical, structural, and systemic racism, and discrimination
- Mental Health stigma which hinders Black and African Americans from seeking help
- Mistrust of the health care system, access barriers and negative encounters with care professionals
- Provider shortage due to the limited from diverse racial/ethnic backgrounds (only 2% of psychiatrists and 4% of psychologists in the United States are Black)
- Lack of culturally competent providers to meet cultural, social, and language-related needs
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