Data showed Black individuals were disproportionately represented in emergency department visits for suicidal thoughts or self-injury, particularly among those aged 10 to 24.

Calvasha Summers, a mental health therapist in Lufkin, said that there’s a lot of stigma surrounding mental health treatment in minority communities.

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