INDIANAPOLIS (WISH-TV) – Being a voice for the unvoiced and addressing youth psychological well being points was the main focus of a reside interview throughout Information eight's noon newscast Wednesday.
Chunia Graves, a psychological well being advocate and scientific therapist skilled in youth psychological well being, mentioned the significance of the problem and addressed the stigma that typically surrounds it within the Black group.
Graves says “underlying points” have to be addressed when speaking about psychological well being and youth.
“We should handle the social determinants of well being to fight the signs that I'm seeing and actually handle the underlying points which might be so prevalent and which were communicated to me since youth,” Graves stated in an interview Wednesday with the Information eight host. Dakarai Turner.
Graves spoke concerning the stigma round psychological well being within the Black group, including that maybe, for years in Black tradition, it might not have been correctly acknowledged or labeled.
“That has solely harm. “If we transfer ahead and acknowledge that psychological well being is all-encompassing… then we will handle all of the underlying points.”
Graves additionally labored as a psychological well being liaison for VOICES, which, in accordance with its web site, works to “enhance the lives of youth and households via self-expression, group involvement, and offering them with choices that may empower them to alter.” their lives”.
The group is “doing wonderful issues locally,” Graves stated. Graves and his crew at VOICES have a phase hosted by Information eight's Brittany Noble referred to as “Actual Speak,” through which youth voices contribute to the dialogue. These segments can be discovered on the WISH-TV web site.
Graves stated it’s a “youth-focused media initiative.”
“They’ve troublesome conversations and interview each specialists within the subject and younger folks,” he stated.
Along with his scientific and advocacy work, Graves is a finalist for the Junior Achievement Greatest and Brightest award that honors 100 of central Indiana's most completed younger professionals throughout industries.