Mental Health: History of Harmful Behavior with African-Americans
1) The skepticism that is seen by African-Americans regarding medical and mental health care has deep roots within the history of the nation. In the days of slavery, African-Americans had to do everything that their white 'owners' said, or they were deemed to be crazy, and rebellion of any kind was not accepted. There were so many years of harmful behaviors and stereotypes that were given to the African-American community for so long that that community eventually became
very distrustful of anyone that was Caucasian, and most doctors were Caucasian. Not that long ago, many mental health professionals even believed that using the same treatments for different races was like using the same veterinary practices for different animal species, so it was not surprising that African-Americans were suspicious and mistrustful of these individuals.
3) In the book Black Rage, the authors argued that African-Americans suffered from a 'cultural para
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