1,500-adult study finds Black adults with mental health disorders, especially men, have higher arrest rates than white Americans with similar symptoms, regardless of substance use or socioeconomic status.

A study on 1,500 adults found that Black adults with mental health disorders, especially men, are more likely to be arrested than white American adults with similar symptoms. This risk remains consistent even when controlling for factors like substance misuse and low socioeconomic status. Black men's arrest rates were sometimes double, triple, or even 5 times higher than white Americans, while Black women's arrests were consistently high.

April 15, 2024
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