People Who Focus on Mental Health
Suggested Reading
The Unapologetic Guide to Black Mental Health: Navigate an Unequal System, Learn Tools for Emotional Wellness, and Get the Help You Deserve by Dr. Rheeda Walker
I’m Telling the Truth, but I’m Lying: Essays by Bassey Ikpi
The Color of Hope: People of Color Mental Health Narratives by Iresha Picot M.Ed and Vanessa Hazzard
Soothe Your Nerves: The Black Woman’s Guide to Understanding and Overcoming Anxiety, Panic, and Fear by Angela Neal-Barnett
Preventing Bipolar Relapse a Lifestyle Program to Help you Maintain a Balanced Mood and Live Well by Ruth C. White PHD, MPH, MSW
Willow Weep for Me: A Black Woman’s Journey Through Depression: a Memoir by Meri Nana-Ama Danquah
Black Men and Depression: Saving our Lives, Healing our Families and Friends by John Head
Black Pain: It Just Looks Like We're Not Hurting by Terrie M. Williams
My Grandmother's Hands: Racialized Trauma and the Pathway to Mending Our Hearts and Bodies by Resmaa Menakem, MSW, LICSW, SEP
Podcasts & Instagrams Worth Checking Out
Hey Sis! Make sure to check out any of these podcasts and instagrams who focus on mental health.