Our HAIR Project Empowers Mental Health Well Being in Communities of Color / Public News Service
In Pennsylvania, the Our HAIR initiative program will provide mental health support for Medicaid members at local Black salons and barbershops, and help to reduce the stigma often associated with mental health issues in communities of color. One in five Americans is affected by mental illness, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Lori Weems, program manager of the Our HAIR project for Community Care Behavioral Health, said African Americans experience mental health issues at the same rate as the general population but only about a third of them actually obtain the hel...
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