Top Black Mental Health Speaker
http://www.TransformingStigma.com Hello, and thanks for stopping by. My name is Mike Veny, and this video is about mental health among minorities. Specifically, I am speaking about the black, which you can see I am, and the Latino communities. This video focuses on one of the many issues facing minorities and mental health today.
And, for the record, I have mental health issues as well. As a black man, admitting this can be looked at as a sign of weakness. This video is about removing the stigma by addressing the issues facing minority communities and mental health.
If you have followed me and these videos, you will note a theme of most of these communities, and that is there is a striking difference in their community vs. your own. This difference primarily manifests itself in culture, and that culture can be a serious barrier in mental health issues.
Most children from families with two incomes, educated parents and stable home life will be exposed to something like 1 million words by a certain age. The majority of those words are encouraging, positive and help shape the child. From a home in some of the communities I am talking about in these videos, the word count drops to the tens of thousands. More importantly, the majority of the words are negative and primarily used to correct behaviors the adults see as annoying. Those behaviors are normally behaviors associated with being a child: asking questions, wanting some attention or requesting help.
Words are not the only thing that is cultural. Often times, lifestyle choices which are taboo in professional communities are widely accepted in minority communities. Drugs, for example, are often seen as an escape and widely accepted. Money is another. Money in minority communities is meant to be shared and not saved. Entertainment is key, and why some minority children have a top of the line cell phone, but they don't have a decent book bag for school. Add mental health issues into this, and the problem is suddenly compounded.
NOTE: July is Bebe Moore Campbell National Minority Mental Health month!
To learn more visit, http://www.TransformingStigma.Com
Follow Mike Veny on Twitter - http://www.Twitter.com/MikeVeny
Find Mike Veny on Facebook - http://www.Facebook.Com/MikeVeny
And, for the record, I have mental health issues as well. As a black man, admitting this can be looked at as a sign of weakness. This video is about removing the stigma by addressing the issues facing minority communities and mental health.
If you have followed me and these videos, you will note a theme of most of these communities, and that is there is a striking difference in their community vs. your own. This difference primarily manifests itself in culture, and that culture can be a serious barrier in mental health issues.
Most children from families with two incomes, educated parents and stable home life will be exposed to something like 1 million words by a certain age. The majority of those words are encouraging, positive and help shape the child. From a home in some of the communities I am talking about in these videos, the word count drops to the tens of thousands. More importantly, the majority of the words are negative and primarily used to correct behaviors the adults see as annoying. Those behaviors are normally behaviors associated with being a child: asking questions, wanting some attention or requesting help.
Words are not the only thing that is cultural. Often times, lifestyle choices which are taboo in professional communities are widely accepted in minority communities. Drugs, for example, are often seen as an escape and widely accepted. Money is another. Money in minority communities is meant to be shared and not saved. Entertainment is key, and why some minority children have a top of the line cell phone, but they don't have a decent book bag for school. Add mental health issues into this, and the problem is suddenly compounded.
NOTE: July is Bebe Moore Campbell National Minority Mental Health month!
To learn more visit, http://www.TransformingStigma.Com
Follow Mike Veny on Twitter - http://www.Twitter.com/MikeVeny
Find Mike Veny on Facebook - http://www.Facebook.Com/MikeVeny
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