“My name felt like it belonged to someone else when the officer screamed it at my doorway… When the nurse tapped it onto her screen. Now, I’m slowed.”
Systems intercept distress with custody and chemicals, more often than with cultural care. In the UK, black people are four times as likely to be sectioned in a mental health institution than white people. For First Nations people in Australia, the ratio is at least 2:1.
“My name felt like it belonged to someone else when the officer screamed it at my doorway… When the nurse tapped it onto her screen. Now, I’m slowed.”
Systems intercept distress with custody and chemicals, more often than with cultural care. In the UK, black people are four times as likely to be sectioned in a mental health institution than white people. For First Nations people in Australia, the ratio is at least 2:1.
