Three people who are African Americans living with mental health problems are interviewed. They talk about their lives, how they live with their problems, and about the special mental health needs of the African American community. Taped January 16, 2008

Discussion Questions about African American Mental Health

Resources for African American Mental Health

Notes on music and art:
The composer of the music and the painters of the pictures used in the show lived with serious mental health problems.

Music:
Promenade from Pictures at an Exhibition by Modest Mussorgsky

Paintings:
The Parable of the Good Samaritan by Francesco Bassano
Old Man in Sorrow by Vincent van Gogh

The Erythraean Sibyl (Sistine Chapel) by Michelangelo

Note: The views expressed in this program are those of the speakers and not necessarily those of Alameda County Behavioral Healthcare.