Programs - Depressed While Black

Our Programs
WISH List
We receive a wish list from staff and patients of requested care items
Black Beauty
Supply Kits
We partner with Hairizon to give Black beauty supplies with all-natural ingredients
Mobile Hair Salon
This pilot program provides hospital-based hair services from Black-affirming hair stylists
Heal at Home
This future program welcomes discharged psychiatric patients back into the community
The Need in Black Communities
144%
From 2007 to 2020, Black youth experienced the largest increase in suicide rates. During this time period, the suicide rate for Black youth increased by 144%. (Source: CDC WONDER database)
1 in 10
One in ten Black people experience depression in their lifetime. Black people are more likely than whites to have chronic depression. (Source: National Study of American Life)
2 in 3
Two in three Black adults who need mental healthcare do not receive it. (Source: APA Mental Health Disparities: African Americans)
1.57
Black patients are 1.57 times more likely to experience forced hospitalization than white patients. (Psychiatry Online Study (2012 - 2018)
The Need in North Carolina
103%
Youth suicide deaths increased by 103% from 2011 to 2020. (Source: NAMI NC Fact Sheet)
Highest
Youth aged 10-18 had the highest emergency department (ED) visit rate for self-harm injury in
2020. (Source: NC DETECT, ED Visits, 2020)
1 in 7
1 in 7 homeless individuals in North Carolina live with a serious mental illness. (Source: NAMI NC Fact Sheet)
15.3%
In 2022, 15.3% of Black adult North Carolinians reported frequent mental distress in the past 30 days (Source: 2022 NC Behavioral Risk Factor BRFSS data)
Heal At Home
Program Structure
Partner with housing organizations to identify people with severe mental health challenges needing Black affirming personal care items.
Create Welcome Home Kits with wellness and personal care items from Black-owned companies
Provide Welcome Home Kits that greet housing participants when they transition to long-term housing
"Giving patients the basic items they need even a small item like chapstick makes them feel like a person"
-Hospital Staff Member at Alamance Regional Behavioral Health
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Depressed While Black

Depressed While Black

Our Programs

WISH List

We receive a wish list from staff and patients of requested care items

Black Beauty

Supply Kits

We partner with Hairizon to give Black beauty supplies with all-natural ingredients

Mobile Hair Salon

This pilot program provides hospital-based hair services from Black-affirming hair stylists

Heal at Home

This future program welcomes discharged psychiatric patients back into the community

The Need in Black Communities

144%

From 2007 to 2020, Black youth experienced the largest increase in suicide rates. During this time period, the suicide rate for Black youth increased by 144%. (Source: CDC WONDER database)

1 in 10

One in ten Black people experience depression in their lifetime. Black people are more likely than whites to have chronic depression. (Source: National Study of American Life)

2 in 3

Two in three Black adults who need mental healthcare do not receive it. (Source: APA Mental Health Disparities: African Americans)

1.57

Black patients are 1.57 times more likely to experience forced hospitalization than white patients. (Psychiatry Online Study (2012 - 2018)

The Need in North Carolina

103%

Youth suicide deaths increased by 103% from 2011 to 2020. (Source: NAMI NC Fact Sheet)

Highest

Youth aged 10-18 had the highest emergency department (ED) visit rate for self-harm injury in2020. (Source: NC DETECT, ED Visits, 2020)

1 in 7

1 in 7 homeless individuals in North Carolina live with a serious mental illness. (Source: NAMI NC Fact Sheet)

15.3%

In 2022, 15.3% of Black adult North Carolinians reported frequent mental distress in the past 30 days (Source: 2022 NC Behavioral Risk Factor BRFSS data)

Heal At Home

Program Structure

"Giving patients the basic items they need even a small item like chapstick makes them feel like a person"

-Hospital Staff Member at Alamance Regional Behavioral Health

Youth aged 10-18 had the highest emergency department (ED) visit rate for self-harm injury in
2020. (Source: NC DETECT, ED Visits, 2020)