Minority Mental Health

Policing

Faith M. Deckard, Shannon Malone Gonzalez, Yasmiyn Irizarry, and Jaime Feng-Yuan Hsu. 2025. “Perpetual Encounters: Reconceptualizing Police Contact and Measuring its Relationship to Black Women’s Mental Health.” Social Forces soaf070.

How are different types of police contact associated with Black women’s mental health?

Debt

Deckard, Faith M., Bridget J. Goosby, and Jacob E. Cheadle. 2022. “Debt Stress, College Stress: Implications for Black and Latinx Students’ Mental Health.”  Race and Social Problems 14:238–253.

How does stress stemming from educational debt impact students’ mental health while enrolled in college?

Racial Discrimination

Deckard, Faith M., Andrew Messamore, Bridget J. Goosby, and Jacob E. Cheadle. 2023. “A Network Approach to Assessing the Relationship between Discrimination and Mental Health.” Social Psychology Quarterly 0(0). PODCAST AVAILABLE

What is the association between racism-related stressors and mental health?