Lauren Carson, founder of Black Girls Smile, discusses her experience of mental health treatment, the risk factors that black girls face, and her efforts to improve mental health education and outreach. You can learn more about Black Girls Smile and their programming at https://www.blackgirlssmile.org/. For more information about diversity and health equity in psychiatry, check out the APA website at psychiatry.org. We want to know more about Medical Mind listeners! Take a minute to complete a brief listener survey at http://apapsy.ch/mmsurvey. Music: "Sidecar" by Podington Bear