Acharya Han de Wit: In the beginning of our Dutch sangha, in 1977, I was the only one available with a background in how to relate to mental disorders. So our Meditation Instructors would come to me for advice. Over the …
As well as treating Hmong patients, Lo is conducting research to better understand how mental illness is understood in the community — finding that previous efforts to do so had gotten lost in translation. The few psychiatrists …
In general, people with mental disorders tend to die decades earlier than the general population, mostly as a result of preventable and treatable chronic.
Mental illness can affect anyone, but for people of color, the experience of the illness itself is often compounded (or even caused) by racism, microaggressions, and community-specific stigma. Racism and stereotypes about …
One of the major things holding me back from pursuing more mental health care and (more so) medicinal intervention is how people will interpret my seeking a prescription. Black people are already considered “delinquents,” …
