Dr. Jameca CooperForensic Psychology Consultant, Emergence Psychological Services · Board Certified Counseling Psychologist and Forensic Psychology Consultant

Black History Month: African Americans and Mental Health

22 Feb 2022 · 1 min

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This content was created by Dr. Jameca Cooper. This content was uploaded by Dr. Jameca Cooper. This is a YouTube video titled "Black History Month: African Americans and Mental Health" (uploaded Feb 22, 2022) featuring Dr. Jameca Cooper speaking directly about mental health access in the African American community. In a short monologue she cites that only about one-third of African Americans receive help for mental health issues and briefly raises potential reasons (provider availability, cost and insurance coverage, or lack of interest), framing it as a Black History Month fact and a call to improve access to care.

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Hi, I'm Dr. Jameca Cooper, and today I'm going to talk about a little Black History Month fact regarding African Americans and mental health. Did you know that if we look at all of the populations of African Americans in the United States, only one-third of African Americans receive help for their mental health issues? Why is that? We can speculate as to why that is. Does it have to do with the number and availability of providers? The cost of healthcare, availability regarding insurance, healthcare coverage, or simply interest and desire in receiving help. We could speculate as to why that is, but one-third of all African Americans receiving help is a very low number. So that's definitely something we want to change in the mental health community. The more you know.