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Can Black churches lead the way on teen mental health?

Can Black churches lead the way on teen mental health?

A Black mental health researcher’s long, difficult crusade

Explain It to Me · Vox

December 6, 202345m 57s

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Show Notes

It’s hard to get Americans to agree on any topic these days, but a majority of them do agree on one thing: The country is in a mental health crisis. Young people in particular are struggling, and Vox senior health correspondent Dylan Scott wanted to see what is being done to help them. He found the work of Sherry Molock, a researcher and retired pastor, who is running a suicide prevention pilot program out of Black churches in New York State. Today on The Weeds: The current mental health crisis and the story of one researcher’s long pursuit of good, empirical data. 


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Dylan Scott, host

Sofi LaLonde, producer

Cristian Ayala, engineer

A.M. Hall, editorial director


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