COVID-19, AIDS, Mental Health, and Black and Brown Communities
The effects of COVID-19 continue to disproportionately impact communities of color throughout the United States. Approximately 98 out of...
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Dr. Delvena Thomas
Dec 11, 20224 min read
Social Media, Cyberbullying, and Teenage Suicide
Teenage suicide has reached alarming rates in the past 10 years, and suicide is now the second-leading cause of death among people ages 10-2
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Dr. Delvena Thomas
Nov 9, 20222 min read
New Record High for Young Adult Cannabis and Hallucinogen Use
Record High for Young Adult Cannabis and Hallucinogen Use
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Dr. Delvena Thomas
Aug 10, 20222 min read
Racism Healthcare - Edition
For people of color, May 2020 was our tipping point. On May 5th we learned of the murder of Ahmaud Arbery - killed February 23, 2020...
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Dr. Delvena Thomas
Aug 10, 20223 min read
Juneteenth
Where do we begin in trying to understand the mental injury of the Negro? African Americans are a lineage beget from thievery, hatred,...
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Dr. Delvena Thomas
Aug 10, 20225 min read
COVID-19 What Can We Do
Fear is a normal, necessary response to a threat – ultimately, it’s designed to keep us safe. Once the fear has kicked in, it can be hard...
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Dr. Delvena Thomas
Aug 10, 20223 min read
COVID-19 Blog 2
Misinformation is deadly. We are seeing, reading and hearing information on all outlets, some of which is false. Social distancing,...
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Dr. Delvena Thomas
Aug 10, 20222 min read
Aromatherapy
The sun is about to set, and you have just gotten home after a long day at work. As you open the door and enter your home you smell the...
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Dr. Delvena Thomas
Aug 10, 20226 min read
Being Black
As a trained and experienced psychiatrist, a Lieutenant Colonel in the U.S. Army Reserve, who completed three tours of duty - Iraq,...
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Dr. Delvena Thomas
Aug 10, 20223 min read
National Minority Mental Health Awareness Month
, and it comes in the midst of U. S. and international unrest and protests, following the murders of black men and women by police. It...
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Dr. Delvena Thomas
Aug 10, 20223 min read
Police and the Community
Certain occupations bequeath a lot of power and commonalities, physicians, surgeons, judges, police officers. They can all save a life,...
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