The group, which started in July, was formed in wake of the Black Lives Matter movement and because of the way the coronavirus pandemic had disproportionately impacted Black and minority ethnic health and care staff.
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September 2, 2020
Racism at My Job Literally Gave Me PTSD’
“If one microaggression was all we ever had to deal with, I don’t think any of us would be complaining, but because it happens so often and unpredictably, the stress is cumulative. You don’t have any control over it.
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August 15, 2020
Masculinity keeps some Black men away from mental health care
Some statements they rated included “I hate asking for help” and “I never share my feelings.”
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August 1, 2020
The Black Thrive Partnership
Since the 1950’s Lambeth has been home to the UK’s biggest Black community with people of African and Caribbean origin, making valuable and sustained contributions to the cultural and economic life of the UK. Despite these successes, Lambeth continues to be a borough faced with growing socio-economic inequality which disproportionately affects Black African and Caribbean …
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July 30, 2020
Health experts warn racism causes emotional and mental harm
Everyone was traumatized, all races, by witnessing and experiencing police violence, with black and brown people having the most intense impacts to their health,
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July 26, 2020
Your rights if you’ve been sectioned
You can apply to the First-tier Tribunal (Mental Health) if you’re admitted (‘detained’) as a patient in a psychiatric hospital (‘sectioned’) and want to be discharged.