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Question: What are some questions to ask your doctor or health care provider about mental health disorders?
Answer:
- Have you treated other African Americans?
- Have you received training in cultural competence or on African American mental health?
- What is your recommended treatment plan, and what are the side effects?
- How do you see our cultural backgrounds influencing our communication and my treatment?
- How do you plan to integrate my beliefs and practices in my treatment?
- How will you incorporate family care into my treatment?
Source: https://www.nami.org/Find-Support/Diverse-Communities/African-Americans
In Partnership with: Poole College of Management, College of Humanities and Social Sciences, National Science Foundation, Penn State
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