How racial disparities are causing a rise in suicides in our black youth | Opinion [tennessean.com]

Porter Jennings-McGarity 10/21/214:00 AM

By Adaeze Umeukeje, Tennessean., October 19, 2021

As conversations on racial disparities in physical health have emerged all over the country, the disproportionate burden of mental health disparities on Black children and adolescents is a topic that is worth being widely discussed.

Alarmingly high suicide and depression rates among Black youth, as documented by the American Psychological Association in 2020, led pediatricians and child psychologists to question if early experiences of racism are responsible for the increase in mental illness amongst Black children.

While this country is faced with braving the COVID-19 pandemic, the silent epidemic of mental illness amongst this racial group is still brewing.

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