Health

Black Oregonians struggle to find mental health care amid increasing need

By Donald Orr (OPB) and Samantha Matsumoto (OPB)
Portland, Ore. Nov. 4, 2020 6:35 p.m.

Since the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic, the number of Americans reporting symptoms of anxiety and depression has more than tripled. Among Black and Latino adults, those numbers were even more dire.