Linh An | Decolonizing Mental Health

A co-production of Rada Studio and WORLD Channel

The language of the American mental healthcare system is English and jargon-heavy, which automatically casts away people who don’t speak the language. Anthropologist Linh An asserts this is a violent act of racism which denies immigrant communities the healthcare they deserve. When examining its inherent racism, a culturally competent health care system needs to grow beyond the binaries of Black and white, and serve everyone.

DECOLONIZING MENTAL HEALTH examines the obstacles that systemic inequality imparts on the mental health industry, preventing BIPOC and other marginalized communities from receiving appropriate treatment. All episodes will be streaming online, on YouTube, on PBS Mysteries of Mental Illness and the PBS app.

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