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 When Finding sources, it did not surprise me as to how many articles and journals there were regarding how Mental Health affects the Black Community differently and the social determinants that play key factors in this reasoning. One source I found during the beginning of my research was a news source called, "Black and African American Communities and Mental Health". This article points out the societal issues and how they truly have affected the Black community and continue to have an impact on how there is a stigma behind Mental Health in our community up until this day. The article also focuses on what some treatment options could be to help this problem.  https://www.mhanational.org/issues/black-and-african-american-communities-and-mental-health

 After researching on different health disparities within multiple communities and how the socioeconomic factors contribute to these issues, I knew that I wanted to focus on the Black Community specifically regarding mental health. Background information that I have known prior to research includes the stigma behind mental health in the Black community and how it has always been pushed to the side within Black families due to other problems being seen as bigger. Black individuals have been taught to be strong and prepared for how the world sees us and to always keep our heads up but there comes a time when there's only so much one can take before they break. Due to the everyday fears black Americans have to watch out for and a lot of past trauma that they bury deep down, this contributes to the high rates of mental illnesses and keeps our community down as a whole. Information I need to find is specific data that shows how mental illnesses within the back community are higher and w...