African Americans patients account for just 5% of clinical trial participants in the United States and hardly ANY clinical research studies were done that included African Americans. Depression presents very different in African Americans and uniquely different in African American women. I'm constantly reminding Dr Song of this fact ... she's got a doctorate degree but that doesn't mean she knows shit about the African American plight or any psych data because there hardly is any.

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Everything you learn in schools especially anything medical or psychological ... only focuses on white centered data and I find it hard to believe that most people don't even know that. 5% 𝙤𝙛 𝙘𝙡𝙞𝙣𝙞𝙘𝙖𝙡 𝙩𝙧𝙞𝙖𝙡 𝙥𝙖𝙧𝙩𝙞𝙘𝙞𝙥𝙖𝙣𝙩𝙨 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙐𝙣𝙞𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝙎𝙩𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙨 ...

She says things like ... "She's not depressed and doesn't present as depressed but she has a lot of anger and self reports being angry at herself."

And I said ... is this woman Black? And she was like how did you know?

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Here's what you write as the diagnosis:

𝙋𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙝𝙖𝙨 "𝘽𝙚𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝘼 𝘽𝙡𝙖𝙘𝙠 𝙒𝙤𝙢𝙖𝙣 𝙄𝙣 𝘼𝙢𝙚𝙧𝙞𝙘𝙖" 𝙨𝙮𝙣𝙙𝙧𝙤𝙢𝙚

More info:

https://www.nyu.edu/about/news-publications/news/2022/december/depression-Black-women.html

https://wordinblack.com/2023/01/heres-why-depression-in-black-women-might-be-overlooked-by-doctors/

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/088394179290036I

Contrary to what you may think: People are not the same. People don't have the same realities. AT ALL.

Dr Song is insanely good at what she does ... epic in fact ... but she's limited by the information, education, and research that she has available that has all been done by WHITE MEN on WHITE PEOPLE ...

African American psychology and mental health is very different from other groups and cultures ... I'm not saying it doesn't share some commonality with other oppressed cultures ... what I'm saying is almost every member of the #GlobalMajority is going to be different from the white centered minority when it comes to mental health and even presenting symptoms. You have to be AWARE of those differences and you wouldn't be unless you studied it and no one has until recently.

The Black Women's Health Imperative is the first nonprofit organization created by Black women to help protect and advance the health and wellness of Black women and
girls.

https://bwhi.org/2017/07/31/depression-black-women-know-youre-depressed/

Superwoman Schema, Stigma, Spirituality, and Culturally Sensitive Providers: Factors Influencing African American Women’s Use of Mental Health Services

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7544187/

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To Be Female, Anxious and Black

https://adaa.org/learn-from-us/from-the-experts/blog-posts/consumer/be-female-anxious-and-black

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12 Books on Behavioral Health Written By Black People

https://blackmentalhealth.com/12-books-on-behavioral-health-written-by-black-people/

The GP I had before was an Indian woman ... kind of racist ... but she called me paranoid when I talked about being wary going out into the world ... and this was while Donald Duck was in office and you could see how deeply frightening things were becoming. She was like you're being paranoid ... and that was one of the final straws as far as me leaving and finding a new doctor. She was a horrible doctor for other reasons but her flippant ignorance solidified it.

@thewebrecluse Different situation, and I'm looking just for medical understanding not cultural, which fortunately hasn't been relevant.

My doctors have been Indian, Chinese, Black, white, Iranian, Arab, Vietnamese, Korean, Slovakian. All American.

A young Black eye surgeon gave me pause - because he looked like he was still in high school. But 6 older doctors were shadowing him, learning from him in the university clinic, called him professor. So okay.😁

@walterbays are you asking something or? Telling me something ... ? I can't tell 😆

@thewebrecluse Just a random observation you triggered. I think you live somewhere most everyone is white and you stand out as the minority.

Where I live everyone is the minority. Most of them are used to it and enjoy the new experiences and flavors available. Some sadly do not. We had during pandemic some anti vaxers "observing" the mask laws by going to the store wearing KKK hoods.😥