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Lay My Burden Down: Suicide and the Mental Health Crisis Among African-Americans by Amy Alexander, Alvin F. Poussaint

Lay My Burden Down: Suicide and the Mental Health Crisis Among African-Americans

Amy Alexander, Alvin F. Poussaint

194 pages • first pub 2000 (view editions)

nonfiction psychology challenging informative reflective slow-paced
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Despite despair precipitated by racism and poverty, the black community has always experienced a very low rate of suicide. Yet from 1980 to 1995, suicides among black youths increased 114 percent.This alarming statistic demonstrates a real crisis ...

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