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New Study Shows How Racial Bias Impacts Mental Health Care for Black Community
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What happened: A new study revealed that Black patients often fear seeing mental health specialists amid concerns that they will be stereotyped and judged based on their race.
The research by the Regenstrief Institute looked at how patients interpret verbal and non-verbal communication when seeking care.
The researchers interviewed 85 Black veterans needing mental health services. According to the study, the veterans identified threatening cues which included, “lack of racial diversity representation in health care settings and perceptions of providers’ fears of Black patients.” Researchers said the study should help guide providers in offering better care for minority groups, We aren’t asking providers to walk on eggshells, we are
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