The Importance Of Black Mental Health

By Peter Carter


Health is the most important asset that an individual can have. It is more important than money. As a matter of fact, great wealth will not mean a lot if one is unhealthy. That is due to the fact that if an individual is unhealthy, it will hard if not impossible to enjoy the various pleasures of the present day world. Being well will increase productivity and that will increase wealth or salary level. Currently, one of the most important issues in the black community is black mental health. That is currently a subject of interest for many people around the world.

The importance of mental wellness must never be underestimated at any moment in time. Presently, this is a core subject of research in the leading universities in America and all over the world. This topic needs to be given a lot of seriousness. More funds and efforts should be channeled in this vital area of human wellness.

People need the mind for almost every human being. It is needed so that to be able to walk from one point from another. If one wants to study and succeed at the end of the day, one will require the mind to be well. The condition of the mind will also determine whether one will succeed in a profession.

It is vital to be free from all manner of addictions. If one is addicted, he is simply mentally unwell. The black community just like the white community and other communities all over the world has been greatly affected by the issue of addiction. Being addicted simply lowers the quality of life and also causes different types of problems.

In the black community, addiction is increasing. That is also the case in other communities such as Hispanic community, white community, and Asian community. Addiction is one of the number one causes of health problems. An addiction can make a person to be highly susceptible to performing unsafe sex and that will make it easy to contract sexual transmitted diseases like HIV.

Mental wellness will start with aiming for an addiction free state. There is totally no need to be addicted to anything whether it is drugs, alcohol, sex, or food. As a matter of fact, there is no addiction that is better or worse than the others. There are all bad and worth conquering. Many people have successfully conquered the different addictions.

Another serious mental health matter is stress. This is affecting millions of people all over planet earth. This issue needs to be given top priority before it goes out of control. People are usually stressed because of a myriad of issues. Some people are stressed because of difficult job conditions. Counseling will help a person to overcome all manner of stress.

Mental health is a core public health matter. The other very vital issue is physical wellness. The two usually go hand in hand. Wellness will always be a topic of discussion in medical circles and also the mass media. That will remain the scenario even for thousands of years to come. As society advances technologically and in other spheres, people are having more mental problems.




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