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The paper relates that mental illness is one of the most under treated threats to African-Americans today; the African-American community suffers disproportionately not only from mental illness, but treatment of mental illness. The paper reveals that one in every four African-Americans in the United States who visit a health service agency have a mental, neurological or behavioral disorder ("Mental Illness and the Criminal Justice System", n.d.). The paper notes that African-Americans are less likely to receive treatment for their mental illness compared to Caucasians and cultural biases within the medical community is the bases for disproportionate mental health treatment for African-Americans. The paper reveals that in the medical field in the United States only 4% of social workers, 2% of psychiatrists and 2% of psychologists are African-Americans."

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"Mental illness is one of the most under treated threats to African-American today. The African-American community suffers disproportionately not only from mental illness, but treatment of mental illness. One in every four African-Americans in the United States who visit a health service agency have a mental, neurological or behavioral disorder ("Mental Illness and the Criminal Justice System", n.d.). African-Americans are less likely to receive treatment for their mental illness compared to Caucasians. Cultural biases within the medical..."

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