A new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows that Black adults in the US are twice as likely to visit the emergency department for mental health-related concerns as white adults.
WABE spoke with one of the report’s authors, Zach Peters, an analyst with the CDC’s National Center for Health Statistics.
He said the findings held true across all categories of mental health disorders, including substance use disorders and mood disorders.
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