AdvertisementAdvertisementUSA gymnast Simone Biles looks off as she warms up before competing in the Women’s Balance Beam at Ariake Gymnastics Centre. AdvertisementAnd yet, according to the federal Office of Minority Health, only a third of Black Americans who need mental health care actually get it. Few understand this dilemma more than California Surgeon General Dr. Nadine Burke Harris. Among them is a long tradition of systemic racism within the nation’s healthcare system that often translates into a lack of access to qualified mental health professionals — especially those of color. “I get emails literally like, ‘Where can I find a black therapist?’ ‘Where can I find a Spanish-speaking therapist?’” Burke Harris told me.

Source: Los Angeles Times August 07, 2021 13:02 UTC