ABSTRACT
Acculturative stress and racial/ethnic discrimination are traumatic for BIPOC. The negative mental health effects of trauma can be intergenerational. Despite these traumas, BIPOC are less likely to use mental health services than European Americans are. This underuse may be because available mental health services are not personally relevant. Pragmatic problem-solving interventions have promise for BIPOC. Clinical psychology interventions are primarily focused on individuals. As discussed throughout this book, many of the conditions that promote marginalization of people of color are systemic. Therefore, system interventions are needed to reduce the societal stressors, including acculturative stress and discrimination, which lead to mental health problems. System interventions include policies and funding to help schools, health services, businesses, and government prioritize and become responsive to the mental health needs of BIPOC.
