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How Could Medical Racism Fuel Soaring Black Youth Suicide Rate? Answers and Solutions
Manage episode 417196507 series 1224401
Black children ages 5 to 12 are twice as likely to die by suicide as their white counterparts, and the rate of suicides among Black teens is rising faster than any other racial/ethnic group. Those statistics are alarming to most people, but they’re not surprising to Yale Child Study Center (YCSC) Chief Resident and Child Psychiatry Fellow Dr. Amanda J. Calhoun. “Experiences of anti-Black racism affect kids before they are even born,” says Dr. Calhoun. The stress of anti-Black racism...
The post How Could Medical Racism Fuel Soaring Black Youth Suicide Rate? Answers and Solutions appeared first on Healthy Communities Online.
84 episoder
Manage episode 417196507 series 1224401
Black children ages 5 to 12 are twice as likely to die by suicide as their white counterparts, and the rate of suicides among Black teens is rising faster than any other racial/ethnic group. Those statistics are alarming to most people, but they’re not surprising to Yale Child Study Center (YCSC) Chief Resident and Child Psychiatry Fellow Dr. Amanda J. Calhoun. “Experiences of anti-Black racism affect kids before they are even born,” says Dr. Calhoun. The stress of anti-Black racism...
The post How Could Medical Racism Fuel Soaring Black Youth Suicide Rate? Answers and Solutions appeared first on Healthy Communities Online.
84 episoder
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