Minority Disparities & the Health Effects of Discrimination index​

​NIMH's Minority Health & Mental Health Disparities Program
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Disparities --NIMH

​According to SAMHSA, "significant behavioral health disparities persist in diverse communities across the United States, including:

• Racial and ethnic groups
• Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and questioning (LGBTQ) populations
• People with disabilities
• Transition-age youth
• Young adults"            

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SAMHSA's Office of Behavioral Health Equity

OBHE -- SAMHSA

​Race/Ethnicity & Mental Health

• BLACK & HISPANIC YOUTH RARELY GET HELP FOR MENTAL HEALTH PROBLEMS;  -------MINORITIES' PSYCHIATRIC AND BEHAVIORAL PROBLEMS OFTEN RESULT IN SCHOOL PUNISHMENT OR INCARCERATION, BUT RARELY MENTAL HEALTH CARE, ACCORDING TO NATIONWIDE STUDY.
• Black Mental Health Matters
• Disabled Black Lives Matter -- Huffington Post
• DISCRIMINATION AFFECTS OUR MENTAL HEALTH -- ENGLAND'S UNIV. OF MANCHESTER STUDY FINDS
• ​Disproportionate Number of Women of Color with Mental Illness in Jails -- NPR
• Racial & Ethnic Mental Health Disparities -- Resources
• Racial Divide:  Minority Students & Discipline -- 9News
• Mental Health Disparities -- Real World Consequences
• Racism And Mental Health
• Study shows suicide rate of black children twice that of white children -- NBC Nightly News

Colorado Trust--
a health equity foundation

​http://www.coloradotrust.org/

​National Partnership for Action to End Health Disparities
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http://minorityhealth.hhs.gov/npa/