
Seventy-five percent of people with addiction are or were recently employed. How can workplaces help employees experiencing substance use disorder?
“When you think about how societal systems are set up in this country to help people (i.e., healthcare, criminal justice, education, housing, workforce systems, etc.), you will notice they are really designed to help a certain group of people,” says trauma grief and loss counselor Babe Kawaii-Bogue. In a field dominated by white clinicians and practitioners, how can Black Americans feel understood when seeking mental health care?