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For Black Americans suffering from mental illness, the answer may lie in community
In this exclusive interview during Mental Health Awareness Month Dr. Raquel Martin opens up about the healing power of building community.
For many Black Americans trying to gain a better disposition right now, the answer may not be more self-work; it may be each other.
As Mental Health Awareness Month begins, it arrives at a time when many are carrying a heavy, collective weight, from grief to burnout.
“A lot of us are experiencing a significant amount of collective grief over a lot of things,” Dr. Raquel Martin, a licensed psychologist and professor based in Nashville, Tennessee, told theGrio by phone on Friday.
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