The 1% : Black Male Mental Health Care Providers
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The 1% : Black Male
Mental Health Care
Providers
Dr. William July, Ph.D.
Licensed Psychologist
Houston - Austin
The Numbers
Section 1
Have you ever done a simple Google
search for Black Male Therapists?
(excluding psychologists, psychiatrists, or
specialists)
You won’t believe this…
On the popular Psychology Today
Therapist Directory I found 17 therapists
under the heading “African-American”
3 were Black
2 were males
Population of Austin: 820,611
2 Black Men…Really ?
The same search in Houston yielded 19
listings
12 were Black
3 were male
Population of Houston: 2,145,146
3 Black Men… Seriously?
In 2011 the APA reported 518 Black Male
members with a Doctorate
Total members with Doctorate was 83,599
i.e. less than 1% of the members of the
APA with a Doctorate are Black males.
The National Level
Race/ethnicity by Gender of APA Members with the Doctorate, 2011
Sex
Men
American Indian
Transgender
Not specified
81
70
0
0
151
Asian
720
1240
0
67
2027
Hispanic
767
1135
0
3
1905
Black
518
997
0
9
1524
White
27198
27949
1
48
55196
Other
9
7
0
1
17
Pacific Islander
0
3
0
0
3
172
372
0
4
548
7036
15127
6
59
22228
36501
46900
7
191
83599
Multiracial/multiethnic
Not specified
Total
Women
Total
American Psychological Association, 2011
Why does it matter?
Section 2
Would Black men (and women) have better
diagnosis and treatment outcomes with Black
male clinicians (as opposed to other
ethnicities)?
What is the value to our society having more
Black male mental health clinicians?
What is the role of ethnicity in the perception
of the mental health in the Black community?
Impact
I get a lot of calls from people specifically
seeking a Black male psychologist
Not all of them are Black
I have more White & Hispanic clients than
Black (which raises larger questions about
Blacks and mental health care)
Psychodynamics of provider choice
More progressive social attitudes
My experience (anecdotal)
The Future
Section 3
In 2007 only 340 Black males earned an
undergraduate degree in Psychology at
Historically Black Colleges and Universities
1,618 Black females earned a Bachelor’s
in Psychology in 2007
Quality Education for Minorities Network
Report, 2010
Psychology Degrees
There is a lack of mental health care
providers overall
There are not enough male mental health
care providers
There is a scarcity of Black mental health
care providers
There is a severe scarcity of Black male
mental health caregivers
It isn’t just a Black thing!
Mentoring
Career Day
Take your child to work
Be visible in your community
“Each one teach one”
Demand will grow and create more
interest
Recruiting the next generation
Questions & Comments
What do YOU have to say about this?