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Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder

June is National Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) Awareness Month, an event dedicated to raising awareness and helping people find support for PTSD. Post-traumatic stress disorder is regarded as a very common mental health condition, and it can impact an individual's life in profound ways.

9.1% of African Americans have been diagnosed with PTSD—compared to 6.8% of non-Hispanic white Americans. African Americans men and women, children and adults have a higher chance of being victims of traumatic violent crime, which makes meeting the criteria for a PTSD diagnosis more likely.

Learn more

1. PTSD in the Black Community https://psychcentral.com/ptsd/ptsd-in-theafrican-american-community

2. Improve the Health of Black Women. Make Racial Trauma at Work Extinct https://www.newsweek.com/improve-health-black-women-make-racialtrauma-work-extinct-opinion-1707468

3. The Link between Racism and PTSD https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/culturally-speaking/201509/thelink-between-racism-and-ptsd