Mentally Ill While Black

The Brian Lehrer Show | Sep 14, 2020

Dr. Ashwin Vasan, epidemiologist and professor at Columbia and CEO of Fountain House, a community-based mental and public health organization, and Christina Sparrock, mental health advocate and Fountain House member, talks about the intersection of mental health and racial justice in light of the Daniel Prude killing, and take calls from Black listeners about mental health stigma, and how it compounds their anxiety around the police. 

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