Link – 10 Staggering Stats Show How Mental Health Care Fails People Of Color

ByMikeM Reading Time: 1 minute

“A new study published in the International Journal of Health Services only further corroborates this fact. Researchers found that black and Hispanic young people were less able to get mental health services than white children and young adults. This happens despite the fact that rates of mental illness are generally consistent across all ethnicities, Kaiser Health News reported.

Unfortunately, this new study is just one example of a barrier people of color face when it comes to mental health. We gathered just a few staggering statistics that put it all into perspective. Check them out below:”

The current mental health system fails everyone, but for minority groups, it fails even more. We need to be better for everyone, and change these statistics!

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/minority-mental-health-statistics_us_57a4c099e4b021fd98787185

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