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 | #933625 in Books |  Beacon Press |  2001-10-12 |  2001-10-12 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 |  8.00 x.40 x5.35l,.51 | File type: PDF | 204 pages

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||1 of 1 people found the following review helpful.| A Person Experience Motivates Scholarly Research|By Francis L. Holland|The most valuable aspect of this book for me is the perspective of the author about her brother's suicide and how it effected her. That's unique and only she can tell us about that.

Anyone who uses Google can readily discover statistical evidence demonstrating that Blacks are committing suicide f| |As a black woman thrashing with the new class divide and an intermittent but chronic depression that feels as old as rivers, I found [Lay My Burden Down] a relief, an assured voice in a wilderness [that] I felt I was essentially wandering alone. --Erin

Through stories (including their own), interviews, and analysis of the most recent data available, Dr. Alvin Poussaint and journalist Amy Alexander offer a groundbreaking look at 'posttraumatic slavery syndrome,' the unique physical and emotional perils for black people that are the legacy of slavery and persistent racism. They examine the historical, cultural, and social factors that make many blacks reluctant to seek health care, and cite ways that everyone from the la...

You can specify the type of files you want, for your gadget.Lay My Burden Down: Suicide and the Mental Health Crisis among African-Americans   |  Alvin F. Poussaint, Amy Alexander. I really enjoyed this book and have already told so many people about it!

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