The causes of mental illness originate from a variety of sources. Licensed Clinical Psychologist, Dr. Chanda Reynolds, joined Inside South Florida to how transgenerational trauma affects African Americans.
“Transgenerational trauma is when a group of individuals experience ancestral trauma,” says Reynolds. “Epigenetics research looks at how individuals who experienced trauma were not just impacted psychologically or emotionally, but biologically.”
Foregoing therapy is a stigma within the black community that can harm society more than it helps.
“We are allowed to go to therapy,” says Reynolds. “The black community experiences depression, anxiety and trauma.”
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