The number of suicides among Black people in Cook County is sharply up this year – Chicago Sun-Times

“The going idea is that people do not seek services because of stigma, and we did some surveys [and found] that people are not getting services because of structural barriers,” says Amika Tendaji, a mental health organizer. “They cannot pay the privatized services that have yearlong waiting lists.”

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