How cultural experiences can impact mental health
backgrounds—for example, race-based discrimination—can influence the severity and impact of their symptoms, how they respond to different therapies, and
whether they choose to seek treatment at all. For example, while depression is a universal problem, rates of depression are lower in people who are Black (24.9 percent) or Hispanic (19.6 percent) than in white people (34.7 percent). However, depression in those two groups is likely to be more persistent. Communities of color are also less likely to seek and receive care. While 54 percent of people in the United States with a mental illness do not receive mental health treatment, the percentage of those without care significantly increases in these groups, with 63 percent of African Americans and 65 percent of Hispanic people not receiving treatment.
What is culturally responsive care?
an acknowledgment of their intersectional existence in the world and how this shapes their experiences.