Renowned psychiatrist, dsherve, discusses Black maternal health: “Our mental health is as important as our physical health, and they cannot be separated.” BlackMaternalHealthWeek
, outlines why mental health is so critical to mothers’ overall wellbeing, how she’s working to support it and what Black moms-to-be can do to find inner balance.The Bump: What inspired you to found the Institute of Women and Ethnic Studies, and what work is the organization engaged in?I founded the Institute of Women and Ethnic Studies in my junior academic years, during which I received a master’s in public health to complement my MD degree.
One of the important lessons the COVID-19 pandemic has taught us is that our mental health is as important as our physical health, and they cannot be separated. The “mind” is the energetic system produced by our brain to bring conscious awareness and attention to its functioning. The brain is our body’s response organ that ensures our survival and our continuation.
TB: Your areas of speciality include health disparity and trauma. How have systemic racism and resulting trauma impacted mothers of color, and how can expectant moms best advocate for themselves?The need for a group to exert racial supremacy over another racial group creates collective suffering, which contributes greatly to individual-level autobiographical trauma. In other words, racial trauma has a compounding effect on other types of traumas.
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