Mental Health

Taking POC Mental Health Seriously

The mental health of black people is often overlooked and not taken seriously which silences the voices of black people who have been diagnosed with mental illnesses.
Black people are less likely to receive better mental health treatment, which is a racial disparity in mental health care.
We need to spread awareness in providing representation of black people with mental disorders and creating racial equity.

Group Talks

Youth are able to release built-up emotions when communicating to people they relate to.
Young teens are able to provide advice to each other and not feel isolated with their struggles.

Counseling

Kids can talk to a trusted adult about their mental problems as a source of treatment.
With counseling, children are able to feel like they can depend on the adult and view them as a role model.

Yoga/Exercise

Yoga improves mental wellness and calms the tension within you.
Teaching kids about meditation will help them learn how to channel negative emotions in a healthy way.

Group Talks/Group "therapy"/Team Activies

This video speaks on the toxic stereotypes of mental health and stops people from getting the help they need. It provides advice and this video helps normalize getting help with mental illness.

Ways to Seek Help

Self-Care

Your well-being should be your top priority before anything else. Self-care can be anything as long as it boosts you. Your mental stability influences the decisions you make around yourself, you must remember that you must not overwork yourself. Self-Care can be the best way in uplifting yourself. Self-Care helps lessen the likely-hood of getting many health problems like anxiety to heart diseases.

Talk to Family/Friends

Talking to people that you trust the most can be a good way in releasing internalized mental pain. The people you trust the most can be the best listeners. Reaching out to others helps connect, create reliability, and empathy to one another.

Write Down/Vent

If you are unable or don't feel comfortable speaking to other people about your issues you can always cope through writing down how you feel, even if you dont have a journal, you can use the notes app on your phone to vent how you feel.

Seek Professional Help

If your mental health has come to a point where you are inable to perform daily activities or be around others then you must seek professional help immediately. Mental Health professions are not here to judge you or treat you indifferently, they want whats best for you. Undiagnosed illnesses will worsen over time that might cause you to hurt yourself or others. Speaking to your doctors will help you be on the road to recovery.

Message For The Reader...

Hello to all who have come crossed this page. Our goal is to spread the message of how important mental health is. Within the POC community, mental illness is often overlooked and seen as "taboo". Many people of different cultures feel isolated when they struggle mentality because no one takes them seriously. With this program, we are able to uplift and unite the youth community into a more positive aspect. We know during the pandemic created huge impacts on mental health, stability, and affected young youth the most. This program will offer many opportunities in providing support to young kids and rejuvenate their mental health.

The program offers a wide range of options that suit every kid's interest such as sports(basketball), Art, Dance, Game design, & learning about animals. We understand that everyone copes differently and with these choices, our youth members can be morally supported by the team members and have hope that things will get better. Empathy is the most important when helping youth come with their mental struggles. My intentions is to normalize more people into seeking help so they can live a fulfilling life.

Our program and these pages are a judge-free zone, everyone has been through similar struggles and because of that, we know how to provide advice on how we overcame boundaries. Our goal is to spread awareness on the importance of mental health of the youth, especially POC. Mental health matters and should be everyone's first priority because it affects the way you make decisions in your life. Our other pages provide activities that are diverse in things that can interest you and boost your mental health. Our youth is our first priority and we make sure they are OK before anything else.

Thank you,

Kamia Jean

Important Mental Health Influencers

Jay-Z

Jay-Z is a famous rapper that many people listen to. Jay-Z has advocated for the importance of mental health and has provided many resources in public schools to help the youth. He is not afraid to open up about his mental health struggles. With his platform he can be able to normalize getting the help you need.

Demi Lovato

Demi Lovato is a actor, singer, & songwriter. Demi suffers from bipolar disorder and addiction and knows what it's like being in a dark place. Through social media Demi has not hid away from showing their mental health journey and providing advice to their followers. They continuously urge others to seek help and opens charities.

Miley Cyrus

Miley Cyrus is a singer, actress, & songwriter. As a famous influencer with over 130 million followers she works hard in battling to destigmatize mental health worries. On instagram she provides support and advice on how to stay positive over the pandemic and multiple resources. Miley understands the hardships of going through mental illness.

Serena Williams

As an athlete mental health is not widely talked about in the the sports community. Athletes face a lot of pressure so it can affect their Mental Stability. Serena does shy away from speaking about mental health and spreading awareness is seeking support. She gives advice and says what it's like healing from postpartum depression.

Tarji P. Henson

Tarji speaks on the importance of mental health within the black community and says it should be taken seriously. She is very spoken in breaking the stigma of mental health in the black community. She speaks openly on how she goes to therapy for her depression. As a influencer she inspires others that its OK to get help.

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Mental illness in Youth is starting to Increase.

Since youth have been isolated in their homes during the pandemic their mental stability has been declining. Rates of suicidal thoughts are the highest in young teens. From January to September 2020 77,470 youth have reported thoughts of frequent suicidal ideation, the rest goes unreported.

Mental Illness Increasing in black people

Reference to more information of mental health of Black & African Americans

Reference to more information of mental health of Hispanic/Latinx community

With the negative stigma of mental health and beliefs withing African American/Black households, it is harder black people to cope and seek mental help. Black/ African Americans make up almost the highest in having anxiety and depression.

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Mental Health in Hispanic Communities

Similar to Black/African American households, speaking on mental health can cause discourse or embarrassment to the family which results in fewer people seeking help. Bilingual patients are evaluated differently which makes them more under treated than white people. With many POC communities there is cultural misunderstandings and lack of information to fully explain mental health

Pandemic Affecting Mental Health

During the pandemic, the reasons contributing to depression and anxiety in Americans are isolation & loneliness. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, 4 out of 10 American adults have displayed symptoms of depressions & anxiety by the end of 2020.

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Mental Health & Women

The pandemic has impacted mainly women more the\an men due to the majority of women working in the health workforce which is very stressful since they are at higher risk of catching Covid. The effects of isolation also put a negative toll on women's mental health, which affected everyone.

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