
- Only 6.6% of Black Men receive mental health services, which is the lowest compared to women and other ethnic groups’ rates.
- Black Men have the lowest life expectancy of any other group.
- African American adults are 20% more likely to experience mental health issues than the rest of the population.
- Only 3.7% of members in the American Psychiatric Association and 1.5% of members in the American Psychological Association are Black.
- Hispanics and Latinx individuals only make up 18.3% of the population, and of those about 16% have reported a mental illness within the past year – that’s about 10 million people [which is more than the population of New York City].
- AAPI individuals make up only 6% of the U.S. population, but of those about 15% have reported a mental illness in the past year. That is over 2.9 million people, which is more than there are dentists, lawyers, and postsecondary teachers in the U.S. combined.
- Native and Indigenous communities make up only 1.3% of the United States population and of those, about 19% have reported a mental illness in the past year. That is about 827,000 people who have been diagnosed with a mental illness [that’s more than filling up each baseball stadium on the East Coast…twice!].
- 25% of people with Mixed identities reported having a mental illness.
- People who identify as two or more races (24.9%) are most likely to report any mental illness within the year than any other racial/ethnic group.
- Of those with mental illnesses, the uninsured were the ones least likely to get the treatment they needed.
USC – Why Mental Health Care is Stigmatized in Black Communities
DISCOVERY MOOD & ANXIETY PROGRAM
BIPOC Mental Health.” 2021. Mental Health America. Accessed May 8th, 2021.
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