According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2021), the overall rate of suicide in the United States decreased by 3 percent in 2020, but the rate of suicide actually increased Black men. I’m often asked what my favorite Black mental health books, and the following are just a few of my frequent go-to’s:
Invisible Man, Got the Whole World Watching: A Young Black Man's Education by Mychal Denzel Smith
The Unapologetic Guide to Black Mental Health by Dr. Rheeda Walker
Black Fatigue: How Racism Erodes the Mind, Body, and Spirit by Mary Frances Winters
Post Traumatic Slave Syndrome by Joy DeGruy Leary