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Mental Health

Borderline Personality Disorder in Black Patients: Bias and Care

Borderline personality disorder is real and treatable, but race shapes how it gets diagnosed. Black patients are more …

B Black Health Editorial team Jun 5 · 9m

Mental Health

Bipolar Disorder in Black Patients: The Misdiagnosis Problem

Black patients with bipolar disorder are routinely misdiagnosed with schizophrenia because clinicians over-weight psychotic symptoms and under-weight mood …

B Black Health Editorial team May 12 · 9m

Mental Health

Schizophrenia Misdiagnosis in Black Americans: What to Know

Black Americans, especially Black men, are diagnosed with schizophrenia at roughly three to four times the rate of …

B Black Health Editorial team Aug 4 · 8m