The mental health of black American adults is significantly impacted by the police killings of unarmed black citizens, according to a new population-based study published in the journal The Lancet.
With the recent police killings of unarmed black Americans widely perceived to be a reflection of structural racism, the findings highlight the role of this type of racism as a driver of population health disparities, and support recent calls to treat police killings as a public health issue.
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source https://psychcentral.com/news/2018/06/25/police-killings-of-unarmed-black-americans-takes-toll-on-blacks-mental-health/136492.html
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