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posted 10 years ago by london_slag76
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In terms of medical care for black people in the US, we have an intense history of downplaying personal medical concerns because in large part, black citizens have been ignored and denied proper healthcare from roughly our first introduction to the United States to about maybe 30 years ago. Intensive and regular doctor visits and mental therapy sessions really have not been built into our societies norm.

This is very important to note. Please read these heavily researched articles that deal with the subject because they will certainly address these observations. Also note, that most studies dealing with the healthcare of African-Americans are fairly recent. Believe me, it is fairly recently that mainstream society and health care professionals have taken a serious and inquisitive look into African American mental healthcare.

Overall, this show is a prime example of what happens when proper health education and healthcare is denied to societies various populations. Similar percentages in other American minority healthcare can easily be found for Latino Americans, Native Americans and Asian Americans

Experts: Bipolar Disorder Often Goes Undiagnosed In African-Americans

http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2013/08/14/experts-bi-polar-disorder-often -goes-undiagnosed-in-african-americans/

Mental Health in the African American Community

http://blackhistorymonth2014.com/213/african-americans-mental-health/

African-Americans Remain Hardest Hit By Medical Bills

http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2013/06/10/188951911/african-americans -remain-hardest-hit-by-medical-bills?sc=tw&cc=share

I THOUGHT BEING MISERABLE WAS JUST PART OF BEING CHINESE AMERICAN
http://www.xojane.com/issues/i-thought-being-miserable-was-just-part-o f-being-chinese-american

Mental Health Awareness Week: Top 10 Myths about Asian Americans and Mental Health
http://reappropriate.co/?p=3389

...to name a few

I really do hope that shows like this will help influence the minority range in which healthcare, especially the much taboo mental healthcare, of American citizens

...and this graph will help drive home why it's important for one of the world's most powerful societies like the United States to have a proper healthcare system for everyone.

The Most Efficient Health Care Systems In The World (INFOGRAPHICS)

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/08/29/most-efficient-healthcare_n_3 825477.html?utm_hp_ref=tw

Sincerely tragic, when the world's strongest nation can barely support their publicly disadvantaged citizens.

[–] scannon-9 9 years ago

Please! Healthcare is not being denied to anyone. It's the responsibility of each of us - no matter our skin color- to get healthcare when we need it. You don't have to have money either, so don't come back at me about poverty. Stop depicting minorities as completely helpless and unable to take care of themselves.

[–] SweetD19 9 years ago

I think there's a stigma in the black community sometimes that's why they don't seek out mental health. I come from a middle eastern/lebanese background and its def like that. "Just get over it" don't talk about it kind of attitude.

[–] miss_kitae-971-650846 7 years ago

It's not just a minority thing, it's more of a class thing.

I was raised middle-lower class; we didn't see doctors unless it was an emergency, we didn't talk about issues, we weren't taken to counseling, it was a lot of "shut up, you just want attention, you're just a little drama queen, the world doesn't revolve around you" rhetoric.

[–] Faridah (1325) 5 years ago

“It's not just a minority thing, it's more of a class thing.“

I agree 100%. My husband was raised in the country in the south and they rarely saw a dr for things such as injuries or pretty much anything. I was stunned one day when my brother in-law as a teen got a huge fishing hook stuck in his hand. It was a serious frightening injury. He was I horrible pain and I instructed him to drive to the Er if he could or come home and I’d drive him. He drove home saying his dad would look at it. My thoughts were “your dad isn’t a dr. What can he do?” Well, my father in-law took bolt cutters (didn’t clean them or anything), snipped off the ends of the hook and yanked it out. My teen brother in-law screamed like crazy! My father in-law calmly said “he will be fine and rub some dirt on it.” I thought he was joking and the most careless father in the world. He was dead serious. My mother in-law did clean it properly and bandage it. My brother in-law complained of numbness in his hand and eventually over the years has had issues with scar tissue and lack of feeling in fingers. I keep my mouth shut but with proper medical care this likely didn’t have to happen. But that’s how it’s done in their area of the south.

[–] scannon-9 9 years ago

Please! No person in this country is denied healthcare. It's ready and available everywhere in the USA. It's up to each of us to take responsibility of our own health. You don't even need money, Medicaid is free and easy to get.

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[–] Samuraibro 8 years ago

Are you trolling or are you just naturally stupid?