During Minority Mental Health Awareness Month, we take you to a Harlem church that's breaking the stigma surrounding care. The church is expanding its own free mental health clinic by adding psychiatrists to the staff. TVJessi shows us their progress.
At First Corinthian Baptist Church, you will find faith and the freedom to express your feelings. The congregation opened the HOPE Center with help from Mount Sinai's staff to offer group and individual counseling, and now psychiatry, all for free.
"If you had something that you were perhaps managing on your own, I think after the pandemic, you saw that you were really unable to manage those challenges or symptoms individually or at home or in private," Green said,"and folks were really seeking out help." Collazo wanted to be strong for her daughter, but she could not find an available therapist through her insurance. She turned to her church home.
"For many people of color, but specifically looking at the Black community," Green noted,"they are more apt to go to where they feel most comfortable getting services, so we know that that is the church for many folks."
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