May 21 2020 59 mins
2 Really Dope Dudes are back! This time we want to deal with the topic of black males and mental health. The fact is that depression can manifest itself in many ways. In the African American community, mental health and therapy are taboo. As men, we are taught not to talk about our problems. Instead, we find other ways to medicate our misery. We have to deal with the stressors that racism presents to us daily. Data has shown that suicide is the third leading cause of death among African Americans ages 15 to 24. African American men are four times more likely to die by suicide than African American women are. Less than half of all Americans with a mental disorder get the treatment that they need. But the proportion of African Americans who need mental health treatment and get it is only half that of Whites. Houston we have a problem? Join my brothers and me as we talk about this critical topic. McDonald Jean and myself are glad to welcome Mathew Jean to help us talk about it.
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