How Culture and Race Can Impact Identifying and Treating Mental Health
Weathering
Medical Canabis
Is it legal
100

Percentage of people of color with Mental health diagnosis that seek treatment

5-15%

100

Mental health issues, skin problems, and impared work performance are examples of this.

Chronic stress on the body.

100

True or false. Most states allow some form of medical or CBD use.

True (only four do not)

200

Who is providing therapy?

87.1% white therapist

200

Childhood trauma
Complex stress from racism,
sexism, money, work, systemic
violence
Undiagnosed/Untreated
depression & anxiety
Feeling unworthy or hopeless

Risk factors for black women

200

yes or no. Hemp is a form of Cannabis?

Yes

300

Most likely out come when there is a cultural
mismatch between therapist & client

People of color drop out at a rate of 95 -98%

300

How you learned to  express your emotions during childhood is an example of this.

EMOTIONAL INHERITANCE

300

Hemp contains less than _____% of THC

0.3%

400

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

400

Stigma, Finding a therapist of color,and Language barriers are examples of this.

Barriers to getting help

400

CBD Isolate has the lowest risk of testing positive on a UDS. True of False

True

400

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).

500

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)

500

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

500

 The legal status of THC and CBD?

46 states have passed some form of legalization for the use of medical cannabinoids( THC and CBD);

500

The amount of THC allowed in medical CBD.

 0.1%