Research shows African-Americans are less likely to access treatment for mental illness.
Cultural norms and the stigma associated with having a mental illness are partly to blame, according to Shardé Smith, assistant professor of human development and family studies at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Smith studies the role that race-related stress and trauma has on entire families, and what strategies people use to cope.
She spoke recently with Side Effects Public Media about the barriers to mental health treatment for African-Americans and the relationship between racism, trauma and mental illness.
[To read the rest of this article by Christine Herman and to listen to the audio of the interview with Dr. Shardé Smith, click here.]
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