Seeing both sides: detailing the experiences of Black women mental healthcare workers serving Black youth.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The impacts of racial discrimination experienced by Black people in the United States and Canada have received a renewed focus. Within the mental healthcare sector, there has been a coinciding focus on how racism within and outside of mental healthcare organizations affects the mental health and wellbeing of Black youth. However, little attention has focused on the experiences of the mental healthcare workers best equipped to care for them: Black mental healthcare workers, in particular, women. Thus, the aim of this article is to 1) introduce and define Black Sistahood in Canada, 2) elucidate how anti-Black racism, sexism and other forms of oppression affect Black women, and 3) draw links to implications for the sector and the care of Black youth.

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SUBMITTER: Fante-Coleman T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12512575 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature