Mental health repercussions from COVID-19 hit Black Americans especially hard

The COVID-19 pandemic has been hard on everyone’s mental health, but it has hit communities of color and the Black community disproportionately hard. So why are some communities in America impacted differently than others? Why is there a stigma about mental health and reaching out for help? What is the true mental health cost of this pandemic, when all is said and done? And what options are out there for people who really need some help? We asked these questions to Dr. Nadine Gracia, the President and CEO of the non-profit, non-partisan health policy advocacy organization Trust for America’s Health.

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