African American Community Mental Health Fact Sheet
Internet URL
http://www.nami.org/Content/ContentGroups/MIO/Fact_Sheets1/AA_MH_Disparities_04.pdf 
Sponsoring Agency
National Alliance on Mental Illness
Description
African Americans in the United States are less likely to receive diagnoses and treatments for their mental illnesses than Caucasian Americans. This fact sheet provides information on how mental illness affects African Americans and lists some of the barriers they face in trying to get treatment.