By Amanda Barroso — 2020
Black adults are more likely than other groups to see their race or ethnicity as central to their identity
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Working with US Army combat veterans for over three years Judah Pollack discusses his insight that resiliency is a product of communities, of human networks. The culture of the Army is less accepting of traditional therapy. But the culture is built on the power of soldiers supporting each other.
Monnica T. Williams, Ph.D., ABPP, is an Associate Professor in the School of Psychology at the University of Ottawa, Canada Research Chair in Mental Health Disparities, and Director of the Laboratory for Culture and Mental Health Disparities.
We have a strong instinct to belong to small groups defined by clear purpose and understanding—“tribes.” This tribal connection has been largely lost in modern society, but regaining it may be the key to our psychological survival.
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