Mental health in diverse communities: How to shift the stigma

WHAT LED TO THIS REPORTED HERE

IN THE WRAL LIVE CENTER.

>> MAY IS MENTAL HEALTH

AWARENESS MONTH. IT'S A TIME

FOR US TO TAKE A STEP BACK AND

LOOK IN THE MIRROR AND ASK

THEMSELVES, ARE WE DOING OKAY

WAS STARTING TODAY? WE'RE

BRINGING IN EXPERTS ALL MONTH

LONG TO TALK ABOUT MENTAL

HEALTH ALL ACROSS SEVERAL

AREAS. WE'RE SO HAPPY TO BE

JOINED THIS MORNING BY MENTAL

HEALTH EXPERT LICENSED CLINICAL

MENTAL HEALTH COUNCIL WITH WAKE

MED RESENTED THE LOWS. IT

WASN'T A GREAT TO SEE YOU.

THANKS TO BE IN SUCH A WORTHY

TOPIC. SOME COMMUNITIES,

PARTICULARLY COMMUNITIES OF

COLOR, MORE HESITANT TO START

THERAPY.

>> MOST DEFINITELY I THINK

THERE'S A LOT OF COMMUNITY,

ESPECIALLY THE COMMUNITY OF

COLOR AND ALSO MAKE A

POPULATION THAT ARE VERY

HESITANT FOR A LOT OF REASONS.

SOME OF THE IMAGES, THE

CULTURAL BACKGROUND OF THE

BELIEVES THAT FOR A LOT OF

THEM, YOU KNOW, SEEK MENTAL

HEALTH, YOU KEEP IT PRIVATE.

YOU DID NOT SPEAK TO OTHER

PEOPLE OUT. WHAT HAPPENS IN

THE FAMILY. AND SO IT IS

CHALLENGING SOMETIMES FOR A LOT

OF INDIVIDUALS THAT ALL RIGHT,

THE NEED OF MENTAL HEALTH TO

SEE SOMETIME. THERE'S OTHER

KEY FACTORS, INCLUDING SOME

TIME, JUST A SENSE OF LIKE THEM

NOT BEING AWARE ON THAT.

WHETHER YOU'RE GOING THROUGH IS

SOMETHING THAT CAN BE TREATED

WITH A PROFESSIONAL AND THIS A

LOT OF OTHER FACTORS, INCLUDING

JUST THE CAUSE IN SOMETIME THE

HAVING THE PROPER PROVIDERS IN

THE COMMUNITY OR SOME THAT

SPEAKS THE SAME LANGUAGE

>> YOU KNOW, I YOU MENTIONED

IMMIGRANT FAMILIES AND I GREW

UP IN AN IMMIGRANT FAMILY

BECAUSE WE IMMIGRATED FROM THE

BRITISH VERSION ON. SO I

TOTALLY UNDERSTAND THAT IN

TERMS OF I HAD A DIFFICULT TIME

TALKING ABOUT PARENTS ABOUT

ANYTHING THAT WAS EMOTIONALLY

STRESSFUL FOR ME. SO I TOTALLY

GET THAT. SO WHAT ARE SOME OF

THE BARRIERS THAT CONTINUES

TO DISCOURAGE PEOPLE,

PARTICULARLY OF IMMIGRANT AND

PEOPLE OF COLOR FROM SEEKING

HELP?

>> DEFINITELY. THERE'S A LOT

OF BARRIERS ON AND IT

SURPRISING THAT THIS BITE OF

OLD THE KNOWLEDGE AND

TECHNOLOGY AND ALL THE AXIS

THAT IS THERE'S STILL A LOT OF

BARRIERS AND ONE OF THE BIGGEST

BARRIERS THAT WE SEEN IS JUST

THE ACCESS TO THE MENTAL HEALTH

PROFESSIONALS. A LOT OF THE

BARRIERS ALSO NOT HAVING

FLEXIBLE SCHEDULES FOR A LOT

OF PARENTS THAT WORK. SO ONE OF

THE ONES THAT WERE SEEN WITHIN

OUR COMMUNITY IS THAT SOMETIME

PARENTS AND I WANT TO TAKE OFF

WORK TO ME THE QANTAS SESSIONS

OR BRING THEIR CHILD. AND SO

SOME TIME THIS IS A BARRIER

TO THEM BEING ABLE TO ACCESS

THE MENTAL HEALTH UNIT THAT CAN

REALLY SUPPORT THEM, HELP THEM.

AND REALLY HOW DO YOU HOPE

FAMILIES AND PEOPLE IN TALK

ABOUT THE HOST STATE STIGMA

AND STEPHEN TIMES AROUND

SEEKING MENTAL HEALTH.

>> A LOT OF PSYCHO EDUCATION.

WE DEFINITELY GET A LOT OF

PEOPLE COMING INTO OUR PRACTICE

IS JUST EXPRESSING HOW.

>> AND, YOU KNOW, IN THE

FAMILY, THEY BELIEVE THAT, YOU

KNOW, MENTAL HEALTH IS FOR THE

WEEK OR THAT STRONG PEOPLE

DON'T TALK ABOUT THEIR FEELINGS

WHEN WE TRY TO YOU KNOW,

SEEKING MENTAL HEALTH DOESN'T

MEAN THAT TAKES FROM YOU KNOW

WHO YOU ARE. IT IS AND TAKE

VALUE FROM THE CULTURAL

BACKGROUND OR AS A PERSON.

SO EDUCATING THEM THAT, YOU

KNOW, IT IS HEALTHY TO SEEK

SUPPORT AND HELP.

>> ARE YOU FINDING THAT PEOPLE

ARE ACCEPTING THAT HELP MORE

AND MORE AND RECOGNIZING THAT

THAT STIGMA CAN BE OVERCOME?

MOST THAT WE HAVE A LOT OF

PEOPLE THAT ARE ADVOCATING FOR

THEMSELVES WITHIN THEIR

FAMILIES, THAT IT'S OK TO SEEK

MENTAL HEALTH. AND ONCE THEY

COME TO SESSIONS, THE ABLE TO

SEE HOW HELPFUL WAYS TO JUST

TAKE THAT BURDEN OFF THEIR

SHOULDER, TOO, WERE SUPPRESSED

THEIR SYMPTOMS OF THEIR

FEELINGS AND WILL GREATLY HELP

IN THE COMMUNITY AND HEALTH

PROFESSIONS ACTUALLY WORK

TOGETHER THE TO DO. CREATE A

BETTER WORLD FOR A SELVES.

IT DOES A GREAT QUESTION.

I THINK AS YOU KNOW, A MENTAL

HEALTH PROFESSIONALS ON BEING

ABLE TO COME TOGETHER IN THE

COMMUNITY. ONE IS NORMALIZING

FOR A LOT OF OUR PEOPLE THAT

MENTAL HEALTH IS SOMETHING THAT

IS GREAT TO SEE THAT IS GREAT

TO ADD. OKAY.

>> AND BEING ABLE TO HAVE MORE

SCHEDULE. DEFINITELY BEING ABLE

TO HAVE A LOT MORE AVAILABLE,

PROVIDED THAT SPEAK WITHIN THE

SAME LANGUAGE OF THOSE SEEKING

HELP. AND I THINK ONE OF THE

BIGGEST ONE AS A COMMUNITY AS A

WHOLE COMING TOGETHER AND

INCORPORATING LEADERS SUCH AS

FAITH-BASED LEADERS, EDUCATORS

TO ALSO BE PART OF THE MENTAL

HEALTH AWARENESS AND ALSO IT IS

ADVOCATING FOR OUR POPULATIONS

WAS THEMSELVES. SO WE COULD

TALK WITH YOU FOR ANOTHER HALF

HOUR.

>> SO IT'S IT. INSIGHTFUL