Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Date of Award

1-1-2021

Document Type

Dissertation

Degree Name

Ph.D. in Counselor Education

Department

Leadership and Counselor Education

First Advisor

Richard S. Balkin

Second Advisor

Mandy Perryman

Third Advisor

Richard S. Balkin

Relational Format

dissertation/thesis

Abstract

African Americans have experienced mistreatment at the hands of the medical community. Knowledge of the Tuskegee Experiment and the travesties done by J. Marion Sims to slave women have been passed down through the generations causing cultural skepticism of the medical field, subsequently hindering African Americans from seeking medical services. This historical legacy of maltreatment has caused African Americans to seek medical help at a lower rate than their majority counterparts. African American college students seek out mental health services at a much lower rate than White students while experiencing mental health symptoms at the same or sometimes higher rate. This research will explore the phenomenon of African American college student's first experiences with receiving mental health services.

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