In the US, behavioral health services tend to be separated from the physical health care system, which can create barriers to appropriate care. And people from racial and ethnic minority groups who have behavioral health needs experience greater barriers to treatment and are more likely than white people to face punitive outcomes rather than health care responses.
A recent Urban guide introduces key information about 10 major areas of the US health care system, including behavioral health care (PDF). It establishes a common understanding of the health care landscape and its challenges and equips advocates and community leaders to tackle barriers and inequities.
Wizdom Powell, chief purpose officer of Headspace, and cohost Kimberlyn Leary discuss America’s mental health crisis, Black masculinity, and creating culturally relevant health care systems that value people’s lived experience as evidence. Listen and subscribe today.
