How Culture and Race Can Impact Identifying and Treating Mental Health
Percentage of people of color with Mental health diagnosis that seek treatment
5-15%
Mental health issues, skin problems, and impared work performance are examples of this.
Chronic stress on the body.
True or false. Most states allow some form of medical or CBD use.
True (only four do not)
Who is providing therapy?
87.1% white therapist
Childhood trauma
Complex stress from racism,
sexism, money, work, systemic
violence
Undiagnosed/Untreated
depression & anxiety
Feeling unworthy or hopeless
Risk factors for black women
yes or no. Hemp is a form of Cannabis?
Yes
Most likely out come when there is a cultural
mismatch between therapist & client
People of color drop out at a rate of 95 -98%
How you learned to express your emotions during childhood is an example of this.
EMOTIONAL INHERITANCE
Hemp contains less than _____% of THC
0.3%
Recognizing that systems of oppression contribute to poor mental health functioning
Recognizing that client exists within a community
Engaging clients' spiritual & healing practices into therapy
Removal of implicit/explicit hierarchy in therapy are examples of this term coined by Dr. Jennifer Mullan.
Decolonizing Therapy
Stigma, Finding a therapist of color,and Language barriers are examples of this.
Barriers to getting help
CBD Isolate has the lowest risk of testing positive on a UDS. True of False
True
What is the drug schedual for CBD products (set by DEA).
The Drug Enforcement Administration
places certain drug products that have been approved by
the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and which
contain cannabidiol (CBD) in schedule V of the Controlled
Substances Act (CSA).
The wear and tear on our internal systems that
result in poorer health outcomes for Black people
due to racism.
WEATHERING (coined by Arline T. Geronimus)
Name and normalize feelings/experiences
Use strategies that are already working
Connect to community resources and supports
Connect to nature and outdoors
Things that work in therapy
The legal status of THC and CBD?
46 states have passed some form of legalization for the use of medical cannabinoids( THC and CBD);
The amount of THC allowed in medical CBD.
0.1%