Today, Black youth are grappling with a crisis—a disturbing surge in suicide rates. Alarming research reveals that the suicide rate among Black kids aged 10 to 19 now surpasses that of their white peers. Since 2018, this rate has...
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Can You Inherit Mental Illness?
When we talk about mental health, we often limit it to individual experiences or illnesses. However, Dr. Candace Layne, a licensed professional counselor and founder of Imagine Counseling Services said that it goes deeper than...
15 Mental Health Myths in Black Community
Mental health awareness is crucial in every community, including the Black community, where there are often unique challenges and stigmas surrounding mental health. As a community, we must recognize and address these myths to...
Black Hair Microaggressions: Understanding Unwanted Comments & Touches
Everyone has the right to feel that they belong and that they are genuine selves. Unfortunately, many Black people still experience racism in all aspects of life, either knowingly or unknowingly. This could be in the form of a...
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The Significance of Spiritual Health and 7 Practices to Boost Your Mental Health
In a world that never stops spinning, it’s pretty easy to get carried away and overlook the key to our inner peace and happiness: Spiritual health! But here is the thing—our spiritual health and our mental well-being are like two...
Cultivating a Healthy Online Social Image
Social media has transformed how we communicate, connect, and share information, creating a...
How Church Can Positively Impact Mental Health
The United States is going through a mental health crisis, worsened by the COVID-19 pandemic. In...
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Dangers of Smoking and Drinking Among Black Men
In the contemporary Black community, people who live by specific social scripts don’t even know who wrote them. More often than not, significant strata of such a society expect them to exhibit predefined behaviors and traits...
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Revolutionizing HIV Prevention in Black Communities
Since the discovery of the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) around the mid-20th century, scientists have proposed several ways of preventing the spread of the virus while studies are still ongoing to find a definitive cure...
Black Hair Microaggressions: Understanding Unwanted Comments & Touches
Everyone has the right to feel that they belong and that they are genuine selves. Unfortunately, many Black people still experience racism in all aspects of life, either knowingly or unknowingly. This could be in the form of a...
Is Type 3 Diabetes Real?
Insulin is an important hormone in the body. Produced by the pancreas, it plays a key role in the regulation of blood sugar levels by allowing blood sugar to enter the cells where they are used for energy production. Anything...