Social Anxiety Disorder in Black Adults: Real and Treatable
Social anxiety disorder is a persistent, treatable fear of being judged in social situations, and it is under-diagnosed …
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Social anxiety disorder is a persistent, treatable fear of being judged in social situations, and it is under-diagnosed …
Seasonal affective disorder is real depression on a seasonal clock, and it gets missed in Black adults whose …
Borderline personality disorder is real and treatable, but race shapes how it gets diagnosed. Black patients are more …
Black adults are far more likely to get too little sleep and to have insomnia go untreated, and …
Black children are diagnosed with ADHD less often and later than white children, and they are more likely …
Black Americans carry one of the highest lifetime rates of PTSD of any group in the country, and …
OCD is not a preference for neatness or a personality quirk. It is an anxiety-related disorder built on …
Alcohol use disorder is a treatable medical condition, not a moral failing. Black adults do not drink at …
If you spent your whole life called lazy, scattered, or unmotivated, that may have been undiagnosed ADHD, not …
Black Americans, especially Black men, are diagnosed with schizophrenia at roughly three to four times the rate of …
Premenstrual dysphoric disorder is a severe, cyclical mood disorder, not exaggerated PMS, and Black women's symptoms are too …
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