Erica Richards, MD, PhD

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Dr Richards is the chair and medical director of the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health at Sibley Memorial Hospital, as well as an assistant professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.

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The State of Mental Health of Black Women: Clinical Considerations

Erica Richards, MD, PhD

September 23rd 2021

Women experience depression at rates twice that of men. But Black women are only half as likely to seek care as White women. Here's what you can do to help this population.

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