Dr. Daniel Salahuddin (@DanDouyonMD), a Black resident psychiatrist and resident family physician, joins The Melanated Mindset Podcast to discuss mental health in the Black community. Be sure to check out the other episodes on the website at melanatedmindset.org! Follow us @_melanatedmind on Instagram and Twitter! And remember, sometimes you actually need the darkness to shed a little light.  Special thanks to Joshua Crum (find him on all social media platforms @jcrummusic) for creating the logo and theme song.

1:30 - Daniel talks about his interaction with mental health growing up as a Black man.
6:40 - Daniel and Isaiah discuss when we first started taking mental health seriously.
14:35 - Daniel talks about the prevalence of mental health in the Black community.
16:50 - Daniel and Isaiah discuss stigma, racial trauma, and barriers to mental wellness in the Black community.
24:45 - Daniel and Isaiah discuss the effects of education and religion on mental health stigma.
27:40 - Daniel talks about the history of racism within the medical system.
33:00 - Daniel and Isaiah discuss trauma in the Black community in-depth.
41:30 - Daniel quickly educates us on depression and anxiety.
47:35 - Daniel offers advice to people seeking treatment for their mental health.
51:00 - Daniel tells us what he has been listening to, watching, reading, eating, and drinking.

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