The Effects of Violence Across Ethnic Groups

Chronic exposure to violence creates lasting stress on the body and brain. This impacts areas like the hippocampus, raising stress hormone levels. In this episode, Brother Be Well Host and Content Director, Michael P. Coleman, gains insights from media consultant Corinne Fat Chee, Sheree Criner, RN, Vice President, Capitol City Black Nurses Association, and Brother Be Well Clinical Advisors: Julio Cruz, Behavioral Health Specialist, Sacramento Native American Health Center, and Miranda Dinkins, Clinical Social Worker and Therapist, HearYou.org. Together, they share lived experience and clinical knowledge on how violence shapes behavioral health and well-being across communities.