History of Mental Health?
In Botswana, what percentage of people seek traditional healing as opposed to psychiatric treatment?
80%
What are the 3 types of Microagressions, we spoke about ?
Microinsults, Microassualts, Microinvalidation
People of Caribbean, East, West African origin in Ontario have ___% increased risk of psychosis. (Anderson, Cheng, Susser, McKenzie, and Kurdyak, 2015)
60%
What is Trauma?
A direct or indirect experience that poses severe threat on one's life, often leaving them to consciously and/or unconsciously alter their ways of being mind, body, spirit, and among others.
Trauma is unique to all, and we have all experienced trauma; but most of us become unstuck from traumatized states (i.e. fight, flight, freeze)
List 2/4 Afrocentric Care Goals
Decolonization
Healing/Centeredness
Transformation/Culture (way of life and spirituality)
Mobilization/Self-Determination
What is self-care & how do we address wholistic self-care? List 3/5
No right of wrong answer for definition.
Wholistic Self-Care:
Mind, body, spirit, environment
Honouring ones authentic self
Sustainable self-care
Life time journey
Build awareness of needs
Is racism a social construct?
Yes, racism is a social construct
Name ONE impact of internalized racism
Limited sense of self/feed stereotypes
Sense of inferiority
Suppressed unwanted emotions (I.e. sadness, anger, frustration) leading to emotional dysregulation
Distrust in own thoughts and feelings
What was one of the motivations of colonialism?
Economic
‘South Asian people are racist too’, this is an example of _______
Racial gaslighting
DEPRESSION DIAGNOSIS DEFINITION
& Anti-Black racism Risk Factors:
Persistent sadness and despair experienced for more than two weeks straight; impair work, school and social relationships
Anti-Black Racism Risk factors:
Internalized racism -
(feelings of inferiority)
Disenfranchised grief
Anger misunderstood
Poverty (lack of opportunity)
Sense of belonging
What is Racial Trauma?
Racial trauma or race-based traumatic stress, is the cumulative effects of racism on an individual's mental and physical health.
It has been linked to feelings of anxiety, depression, and suicidal ideation, as well as other physical health issues.
List 2/5 Afrocentric Care Values
Significance of spirituality
Promoting fundamental goodness of people
Importance of family and community
Encourage individual and collective unctioning
Acknowledging the critical ways people are interdependent
What is mind.emotion self-care?
Emotional Intelligence
Retain and Release
Brain Work
Black people are how many times more likely to be shot by police
Black people are 20 times more likely
Define shadeism/colourism
prejudicial or preferential treatment of same-race people based solely on their colour
What is colonialism?
When a country or a nation takes control of other lands, regions, or territories outside of its borders by turning those other lands, regions, or territories into a colony
What is a microassault?
Microassaults are conscious, based on biased attitudes and beliefs and are acted out overtly or covertly towards the marginalized population
ANXIETY DIAGNOSIS DEFINITION
& Anti-Black racism Risk Factors:
Persistent irrational and excessive fear; apprehensive and tense fears; difficulty and or distress managing tasks
Anti-Black racism Risk Factors:
Policing
Imposter syndrome
(Internalized Colonialism)
Getting ready for work/school
Language
Hypervigilance
Microaggressions
What is post traumatic slave disorder?
Result of transgenerational trauma, also known as intergenerational or multigenerational trauma
Unresolved legacy trauma passed on generation to generation; “survivor syndrome”
Reflected in our behaviours and beliefs; behaviours one time used as survival and in present day undermines our ability to be successful
(Degruy, 2005)
Name ALL Nguzo Saba "The 7 Principles"
UMOJA
KUJICHAGULIA
UJIMA
UJAMAA
NIA
KUUMBA
IMANI
What is body/physical self-care?
Body Awareness: Discomfort and Positive Body Image
Hygiene
Mindful eating
Movement
Sleep
When did the last segregated school close in Canada?
1983
Who coined the term ‘intersectionality’
Kimberle Crenshaw
When was the DSM first published?
1952
'You are pretty for a dark skin girl', is an example of _______
Microinvalidation
PTSD - DIAGNOSIS DEFINITION
& The Anti-Black Racism Risk Factors:
Persistent thoughts or memories of a frightening or dangerous event, affecting ones life long after danger has passed.
Anti-Black Racism Risk Factors:
Police Brutality
Direct and Indirect Violence (physical, emotional, spiritual, psychological)
Grief (death in community)
Invalidated abuse
Starting Over (new immigrant)
Name 3 ways in which racial trauma manifests into physical symptoms
Adrenal nervous system often remains activated in a traumatized body (i.e.mind and body stuck in a loop)
Arousal/Activated or Numbing/Avoiding
If the mind forgets the body often remembers
You are a 20 year old Black youth residing in Scarborough. After struggling with low mood and motivation, you decide to visit a therapist. After speaking to a friend you find a Black therapist, who utilizes the Afrocentric model in their care.
How might this therapist’s practice differ from a therapist who uses the Eurocentric model?
FREE ANSWER
What is spiritual self-care?
A belief in something greater than ourselves
Connection to purpose
Our gift to the world
Essence of who you are
Define White Supremacy
A system is that assumes that Whiteness is inherently superior to other races and ethnic groups
Define intersectionality
How multiple forms of discrimination, combine, overlap or intersect especially in the experiences of marginalized individuals or groups.
What does the DSM stand for?
The Diagnostics and Statistical Manual for Mental Disorders
What was the personal growth activity for Week 5
Explore & find your own grounding activity that you can use
Borderline Personality Disorder DIAGNOSIS DEFINITION
& The Anti-Black Racism Risk Factors:
Difficulty regulating emotions and or controlling impulses; often have other mental disorders as well
The Anti-Black Racism Risk Factors:
Internalizing angry Black woman/man (suppressed emotions)
Abandonment (CAS)
Identity concerns
Addiction to numb pain also due to suppressed emotions
Lack of trust (racial gaslighting)
What is Vicarious Trauma/Vicarious Grief?
Internalizing or being emotionally stimulated by grief or trauma of others as though it is your loss
Reoccurring trauma often occurs more consciously, vicariously especially in these days (i.e. social media, news, word of mouth), awakening our own realities and traumas
Break down the meaning of SANKOFA
Hint: SAN-KO-FA
SAN: Return
KO: Engage
FA: Bring It Here
What is ENVIRONMENT (physical and social) self-care?
Safety
Sacred Space
Healthy Relationships
Safe Person/Mentor/Village
Name all the systems mentioned in session 3 that were impacted by anti- Black Racism
All of them but mentioned in the session : criminal justice system, health outcomes, poverty, school system
Give a one line definition of BIPOC , Racialized, POC
BIPOC - Black/Indigenous/People of Color: Rising in popularity because it is more nuanced than than POC. Highlights the unique historical traumas that Indigenous and Black
Racialized - Encompasses all people that are non-Caucasian in race or non-white in colour
POC - People of Color: For anyone visibly non-White (Black, Latinx, Indigenous, Asian, etc.) POC essentially means non-white