Barriers to Mental Health Treatment in the Black Community
By Sade Thompson Bell In honor of BIPOC Mental Health Awareness Month, I would like to address a great concern in the Black community. There are high rates of mental illness and low levels of treatment due to numerous reasons discussed in this article. People all over...
Barriers We Don’t Discuss When Talking About Homelessness
We all know the importance of having an identification card, yet we don’t always think about the significance of these small details when discussing homelessness. It takes three items to be considered “document ready,” a term commonly used to describe a person that...
A Comprehensive Mental Health Recovery Must Remedy Isolation
Why do we as a society immediately push out and dehumanize anyone who does not fit in with the majority? This is exemplified in various social situations, applying to several different groups who are excluded from society at the first sign of so-called “disruptive...
